User talk:Chaz140
Please don’t bite me, I’m a newbie!
I’m a university student in a Wikipedia Education class, and I’m currently learning how to contribute to Wikipedia.
I am approaching my subject in good faith.
If you have any concerns or questions, my tutor’s name is Blythekombucha (talk · contribs). Thanks!
Welcome![edit]
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Happy editing! Niksphan (talk) 03:41, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
Short footnotes[edit]
Hi Chaz140, thank-you for your improvements to Doomben Racecourse. I saw that you were using the short footnote referencing style and thought that I would drop by to give you a bit of advice on how to use {{sfn}} more effectively. Here are some hints:
- {{sfn}} produces a link to the source that you are referring to (which is why the footnote appears in blue in the references section. However, the link only works if you have the source set up properly for it to link to.
- The best way to set the source up correctly is to use the {{cite news}} / {{cite web}} / {{cite book}} / {{cite journal}} system of templates (often referred to as the "CS1 templates"). If you click on any of those templates you can find their documentation. If you click on "Cite" in the editing toolbar you get a drop-down menu that lets you paste a URL (web address) in and get an auto-filled template, which saves a lot of time formatting references.
- The usual format for the short footnotes is authors, followed by year. If your source does not have a named author (like many old newspaper articles) I suggest using publication followed by year. Then you need to tell the template explicitly how to make the link. You can see how I've done that in this diff.
- If you want more detail about any of this, there is documentation here, or you can ask me on my talk page.
Happy editing! Wham2001 (talk) 09:10, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi Wham2001, thank-you very much for your assistance with the Doomben Racecourse Wikipedia page - especially noting your contributions to the editing of the referencing and sources. Similarly, thank-you for how you dealt with the situation and explaining to me in detail how I could fix my mistake for future editing. I now understand where I went wrong in my publishing and I am very appreciative.