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- I've taken the liberty of formatting your article on Norman Lewis (artist). Bearian (talk) 19:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- I did the same with Augusta Savage. Bearian (talk) 19:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Guide to referencing edit
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I thought you might find it useful to have some information about references (refs) on wikipedia. These are important to validate your writing and inform the reader. Any editor can removed unreferenced material; and unsubstantiated articles may end up getting deleted, so when you add something to an article, it's highly advisable to also include a reference to say where it came from. Referencing may look daunting, but it's easy enough to do. Here's a guide to getting started.
A reference must be accurate, i.e. it must prove the statement in the text. To validate "Mike Brown climbed Everest", it's no good linking to a page about Everest, if Mike Brown isn't mentioned, nor to one on Mike Brown, if it doesn't say that he climbed Everest. You have to link to a source that proves his achievement is true. You must use Reliable sources, such as published books, mainstream press, authorised web sites, and official documents. Blogs, Myspace, Youtube, fan sites and extreme minority texts are not usually acceptable, nor is Original research, e.g. your own unpublished, or self-published, essay or research.
The first thing you have to do is to create a "Notes and references" section. This goes towards the bottom of the page, below the "See also" section and above the "External links" section. Enter this code:
The next step is to put a reference in the text. Here is the code to do that. It goes at the end of the relevant term, phrase, sentence, or paragraph to which the note refers, and after punctuation such as a full stop, without a space (to prevent separation through line wrap):
Whatever text you put in between these two tags will become visible in the "Notes and references" section as your reference.
Copy the following text, open the edit box for this page, paste it at the bottom (inserting your own text) and save the page:
(End of text to copy and paste.)
You need to include the information to enable the reader to find your source. For a book it might look like this:
When you upload it, it will appear like this:
Make sure you put two single quote marks round the title and not one double quote mark. An online newspaper source would be:
When you upload it, it will appear like this:
Note the single square brackets around the URL and the article title. The format is:
Make sure there is a space between the URL and the Title. This code results in the URL being hidden and the title showing as a link. Use double apostrophes for the article title (it is quoted text), and two single quote marks either side of the name of the paper (to generate italics). Double square brackets round the name of the paper create an internal link (a wikilink) to the relevant wikipedia article. Apostrophes must go outside the brackets. The date after The Guardian is the date of the newspaper, and the date after "Retrieved on" is the date you accessed the site – useful for searching the web archive in case the link goes dead. Dates are wikilinked so that they work with user preference settings to display the date in the format the user wishes. You can use newspaper articles which are not online, but which you have found in a library or elsewhere—in which case leave out the information which is not relevant. It would be formatted like this:
When you upload it, it will appear like this:
Alternative formats for the date may be used if you prefer, namely:
You may prefer to use a citation template to compile details of the source. The template goes between the ref tags and you fill out the fields you wish to. Basic templates can be found here: Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference
The first time a reference appears in the article, you can give it a simple name in the <ref> code:
The second time you use the same reference in the article, you need only to create a short cut instead of typing it all out again:
You can then use the short cut as many times as you want. Don't forget the /, or it will blank the rest of the article! A short cut will only pick up from higher up the page, so make sure the first ref is the full one. Some symbols don't work in the ref name, but you'll find out if you use them. You can see multiple use of the same refs in action in the article William Bowyer (artist). There are 3 sources and they are each referenced 3 times. Each statement in the article has a footnote to show what its source is.
The above method is simple and combines references and notes into one section. A refinement is to put the full details of the references in their own section headed "References", while the notes which apply to them appear in a separate section headed "Notes". The notes can be inserted in the main article text in an abbreviated form as seen in Harriet Arbuthnot or in a full form as in Brown Dog affair.
More information can be found at:
I hope this helps. If you need any assistance, let me know. |
Searching for Norman Lewis edit
{{helpme}} Thanks for the help, Bearian! I am concerned that a search for Norman Lewis goes directly to the author, not giving a choice. Norman Lewis the artist can only be found when Norman Lewis (artist) is entered. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks again Sdlc (talk) 17:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)Sdlc
- Create a disambiguation page Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Helpful One (Talk) (Contributions) 17:48, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- Done. Norman Lewis. -- Tyrenius (talk) 16:26, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Editing edit
I've done a bit more editing on the two articles to remove editorial comment and evaluation which is not permitted on wikipedia per WP:NOR. It might be helpful to check out WP:PEACOCK and WP:WEASEL as well. Comment and evaluation can be included when it is attributed to a third party and sourced. I have posted a reference guide above for you. Tyrenius (talk) 19:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
File copyright problem with File:Cleopatrabyedmonialewis.jpg edit
Thank you for uploading File:Cleopatrabyedmonialewis.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Image Screening Bot (talk) 17:56, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
I added the copyright information :) Sdlc (talk) 16:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)