User talk:Pamela Gardiner/Archive 1
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Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Roger kohn, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 19:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh Dear - (Don't Panic!)
Hi Pamela, I see you are having a baptism of fire here! First; to change an article name you click on "Move this page" underneath the bottom of the article; then type in the name; give a reason in the box provided - and go! Re the above I'll delete the deletion tag and they may or may not ever come back - Happy New Year - Sarah777 (talk) 17:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- OK, I fixed the categories on Roger Kohn and the "delete" tag is gone; so keep on editing! Sarah777 (talk) 17:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
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Guide to referencing
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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 (unless it already exists). 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.
Open the edit box for this page, copy the following text (inserting your own text where indicated), paste it at the bottom of the page and save the page:
(End of text to copy and paste.) It should appear like this:
You need to include the information to enable the reader to find your source. For an online newspaper source, it might look like this:
When uploaded, it appears as:
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 sources 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. The newspaper example above would be formatted like this:
When uploaded, it appears as:
Here is an example for a book:
When uploaded, it appears as:
Make sure you put two single quote marks round the title (to generate italics), rather than one double quote mark.
These formats are all acceptable for dates:
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:
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Rowan and Ww
Hi Pamela. I'm at a bit of a loss myself! Fifteen in-line refs in an article of that size seems pretty good to me. Maybe Ww will explain the specific bits of information he reckons still need a reference. He watches my page (where I also posted this reply) like a hawk so we might get lucky! Don't worry too much the article is excellent - he probably wants you to drive it to a B class :) Sarah777 (talk) 23:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- I replied here. ww2censor (talk) 05:32, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Mount Street
Love the photo of the little green guy on Mount Street. Gotta say I really like Gillespie's work! It has, y'know...electricity. Sarah777 (talk) 21:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! It was worth the wait I think!! ...got of couple more photo's he gave me permission for that I couldnt upload!! They are of Yeats and James Joyce. Very annoyng..think its the colour or something, gonna see if I can get a friend to change the colour to RGB for me!! Wasnt quite sure how to make a new line in the gallery either! Do you just press return or am I missing a vital piece of code here!Pamela Gardiner (talk) 21:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- ps. the little green guy is a gal!Pamela Gardiner (talk) 21:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! It was worth the wait I think!! ...got of couple more photo's he gave me permission for that I couldnt upload!! They are of Yeats and James Joyce. Very annoyng..think its the colour or something, gonna see if I can get a friend to change the colour to RGB for me!! Wasnt quite sure how to make a new line in the gallery either! Do you just press return or am I missing a vital piece of code here!Pamela Gardiner (talk) 21:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
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David Tipling
Hi, please remember to add messages to the bottom of a talk page, your message at WP:BIRDS nearly got overlooked. I've had a run through the article and tweaked it a bit, any queries, let me know, jimfbleak (talk) 18:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- PS, just realised we both went to KCL! jimfbleak (talk) 18:37, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Could you please provide a link to where the photographer agreed to release the image? J Milburn (talk) 21:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Here [1]. I've only used one so far.
- No, sorry, you misunderstand- where did the person who took the image say that it was released under a CC license? J Milburn (talk) 21:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
..do you mean the email I forwarded to wiki permissions?Pamela Gardiner (talk) 21:33, 12 June 2008 (UTC) Not sure how to provide a link to an email? Maybe I'm just being dumb!
- Ah, that's fine then. Didn't realise an email had been forwarded- an OTRSer will deal with this shortly. J Milburn (talk) 17:35, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
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John Vernon Lord
Hi Pamela Gardiner
Your article on the above-captioned topic does not actually cite any third-party sources, which is a key element of demonstrating notability. While I don't actually question the notability of the subject, this needs to be addressed. A quick Google search turned up a profile in The Guardian, and I'm sure there are other. May I suggest that you seek to add reliable third-party sources for the article?
Rgds Bongomatic (talk) 07:22, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Hi Bongomatic
Point taken, will see what I can do. Thanx. Pamela Gardiner (talk) 18:18, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
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