User talk:Deloresfisher80

Hello!

Hello! I saw your note on User:Bahamut0013's talk page when I was checking for a reply to something I posted on here, and I thought I'd go ahead and answer your question. Wikipedia has a policy that information on here must be verifiable. The policy is explained at Wikipedia:Verifiability, but the jist of the policy is that, to be included in an article, information must be verifiable. It's really simple to It's not enough to just put the information in and say "I know this is true." This saves a lot of debate in the long run. Obviously, saying "the sky is blue" doesn't need a source. But other things, like the hours needed for belt advancement, will need references. There's an essay called But it's true! that explains this.

I wrote a mini-tutorial on links and references that I'm going to add below. I hope this helps! You can always leave a message on my talkpage (User talk:Cymru.lass) if you want help with anything. --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 00:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

He beat me to it, but yeah, like I said in my edit summary, it needs a reference. I never said it was wrong, but you need to cite your sources. bahamut0013^words_deeds 18:30, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Mini-tutorial on external links and references

Here is a little tutorial I just wrote on how to use external links (like to Google.com or other non-Wikipedia webpages) and reference lists in articles.

External links: To place an external link in an article, you put the link in single brackets like this [URL text you want to show]. For example [http://www.google.com Google] will display as Google. Before adding external links to an article, you should check out Wikipedia:External links so you can learn Wikipedia policy on external links.

References: When adding references to articles, most editors use in-text citations. You can check out Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners with citation templates for more info. Here are some basics:

1. How to format citations: Put all citations inside the tags <ref> and </ref>. This allows them to be automatically included in a reference list. Try to include author, date and title of anything you cite. For books and magazines, you should also include page numbers and ISBNs Here is an example taken off the page Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners: <ref>Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 28 October 2005.</ref> It will show up in the article's "References" section as: Plunkett, John. "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying", The Guardian, London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 28 October 2005.
2. Citation templates: There are many templates to make citations easy for you, such as {{cite web}} and {{cite news}}. A list can be found at Wikipedia:Citation templates#Examples. There's also a tool called Reference generator that you can use. If I wanted to use a template for the above source, you would use {{cite news}}, which would be filled out like this: <ref>{{cite news |title=Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying |first=Plunkett |last=John |url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |location=London |date=27 October 2005 |accessdate=28 October 2005 }}</ref>. It would show up in the "references" section as: John, Plunkett (27 October 2005). "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 28 October 2005.. There are some template parameters I didn't fill out. For a full list of parameters for this template, look at the template.
3. Where to place references: for more detailed information on when to include a reference, look at WP:CITE. When you want to cite a source, place the citation right after the information citing. If you're citing a sentence, place the reference after the period. It's prettier that way.
4. Using a reference more than once: If you're gonna use a reference more than once, the first time you use it, type the citation like this: <ref name="name">insert reference here</ref>. Then, when you want to cite that source again, simply type <ref name="name" /> where you want to cite it.
5. Reference lists: You can make sure all references put between <ref> and </ref> are automatically put in the "References" section. This helps a ton, because the section automatically numbers them and everything. To do this, I usually put {{Reflist}} in the "References" section. You can also put there if you want.

I've included some example citations (using the examples I just outlined) and a sample reference list below, except this time, they will display like they would in an article. If you look at the reference list, next to reference 1, it says ^{a b}. Click on one of those letters next to the citation. ^a will take you to the first place reference 1 is cited. Likewise, ^b will take you to the second place reference 1 is cited. Clicking on the ^{^} next to reference 2 will take you to where reference 2 is cited.

Sample cited text

John Smith is forty-three.

John Plunkett said this, that, and then some in an article in the Guardian. John Smith agreed with what John Plunkett said.

Welcome!

Some cookies to welcome you!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Deloresfisher80! I am Cymru.lass and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Wikipedia:Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 00:35, 26 November 2010 (UTC)