User talk:Dougdaigle
Acadiana Wiki inivitation
You are invited to add material to the brand new Acadiana Wiki (http://acadiana.wikia.com/wiki/Acadiana_Wiki). Hope to see your contributions there! Falkonry (talk) 14:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC) (btw, Hey Doug, it's Wade Falcon. Hope your things are going well.)
Welcome!
Hello, Dougdaigle, and
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called
- Your first article
- Biographies of living persons
- How to write a great article
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Help pages
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Speedy deletion nomination of Radiolicious
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Welcome from Chzz
Hi, Dougdaigle. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck! Chzz ► 01:51, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia! -- Chzz ► 01:51, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
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How references work
Simple references
These require two parts;
- a)
Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>
- b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";
== References == {{reflist}}
(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)
To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Dougdaigle/reftest and try it out.
Named references
Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook"> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/>
Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.
Citation templates
You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;
Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation | last = Smith | first = John | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century | publication-date = 2001 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | page = 125 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4 }} </ref>
Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.
For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.
Suggestions
Finding articles to edit
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Hopefully, this will give you some ideas. Chzz ► 05:41, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dougdaigle ! I see that Chzz added
- Doug, did you add unreferenced info about Radiolicious to dozens of radio station articles without being logged in? If you have an account (which you obviously do) it's always best to edit while logged in. - 22:25, 3 June 2009 (UTC)