User:StarryGrandma

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I ran into problems creating references for my first edits here in 2012. I've programmed computers ever since I punched my first IBM card, and used markup languages since RUNOFF, but writing references for Wikipedia introduces one to an entirely different level of complexity. I have been exploring it ever since.

I recommend for your first references (sources):

  • <ref>Author, Title, Web address if there is one, Publisher, Date, Pages</ref>.
  • With Visual Editor use Cite->Manual->Basic form, and the editor will add the <ref></ref> part for you.

For other ways see Help:Referencing for beginners and the reference sections at Help:Introduction.

How to do all sorts of things[edit]

"But the greatest lesson is that the established social constructions of science are buttressed by rich and deep webs of evidence."

P. J. E. Peebles, How Physical Cosmology Grew, 2019 Nobel Lecture
See also 10.4 "The Social Construction of Science" in Peebles, Cosmology's Century, pages 348–354.



Personal pages[edit]

  • /My sandbox
  • /VE sandbox
  • /Samples
  • /Example articles
  • /Blackboard
  • /Sandbox2, /Tiny sandbox
  • /Useful things, /Useful science
  • /ToDo: