User talk:Galt 57

Welcome

Hello, Galt 57! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! Prince of Canada t | c 05:04, 16 September 2008 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

References

Hi there. I ended up here because I saw your work over at Z-drag. It's a good start, but you might want to read this, which details how we use references and citations here. There is a handy template you can use for formatting citations. Use of the template is not required, but it does help. Here are a couple of examples:

This is the user page belonging to Galt 57

Which looks like this when you're editing:

This is the user page belonging to [[user:Galt 57|Galt 57]]<ref>{{cite book|last=57|first=Galt|title=A book about Galt 57|publisher=Wikipedia|date=2008-09-16|pages=73|isbn=ISBN #}}</ref>.

Or you can do it this way:

This is the user page belonging to Galt 57

Which looks like:

This is the user page belonging to [[user:Galt 57|Galt 57]]<ref>This is a footnote about Galt 57</ref>.

If you're going to be using the same references within an article multiple times, it's generally best to use a 'named' reference, like this:

This is the user page belonging to Galt 57. Galt 57 is a new user to Wikipedia, and we expect to see many more contributions to come.

Which looks like:

This is the user page belonging to [[user:Galt 57|Galt 57]]<ref name="galtbook">{{cite book|last=57|first=Galt|title=A book about Galt 57|publisher=Wikipedia|date=2008-09-16|pages=73|isbn=ISBN #}}</ref>. Galt 57 is a new user to Wikipedia,<ref name="galtbook" /> and we expect to see many more contributions to come.<ref name="galtbook" />

Using named references makes things simpler. For example, if you realize that you had a typo in the book title, you only have to correct it once. It also prevents needless repetition in reference lists.

Also, if you go to your preferences, you can select an editing option which gives you access to the citation templates with the click of a button.

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop by my talk page, and I'll be happy to help. Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 05:17, 16 September 2008 (UTC)