User talk:Phytism

Hi,

Want some hints on ref tags? Ref tags turns info into a footnote, citation templates generate a standard format for reporting things like journal articles, news stories, websites, etc.

Here's some links I found handy:

• Citation templates
• Diberri's pubmed citaiton generator - all you need is a pubmed number and it'll generate a complete template for you.

Ref tags are used when you want to link specific information to a specific publication^[1], and adding {{reflist}} to the bottom of the page generates a standard way of listing all the refs. Anything you place between the <ref></ref> becomes a footnote, and goes to the bottom of the page. By using the <ref name = anything></ref> format, you can use the same citation multiple times.^[2] The only change you have to make is after the first citation, use the <ref name = anything/> tag, exactly as the original use, except for the extra frontslash.^[2] It's handy for books,^[2] the same news story several times,^[2] or any other use you think is appropriate.^[2] I bring it up because of your recent edit to cauliflower^[3] where you used a ref tag underneath a reflist, and it doesn't appear in the reflist itself (I think because it's below the template). Note that articles can have Footnotes and References, footnotes for citations linked to information, and references for general citations for the whole article.

WLU 23:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

References

Note that I modified the Cauliflower article - have a look and see if I got it right. I enjoy helping out, but I'm acutely aware of my lack of knowledge in this area. WLU 23:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Sweet. Are all the really necessary tips for editing articles compiled well somewhere? I haven't been able to found a good central tutorial. OptimistBen 18:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in replying to your comments of two weeks ago.

I am certainly interested in improving the Searle article, and if you have further criticisms of it I'd like to hear them. However, it is difficult to know how to respond to remarks that don't specify which section, paragraph, etc is substandard. I am sure you are right that large parts of the article are not well presented, but my Searle library is limited and I don't feel I can rewrite sections if I don't own the relevant text. Yet someone will, if you hammer your points home.

best etc, -M MaherCoen (talk) 14:52, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm Bdb484. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Grand River Enterprises, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Bdb484 (talk) 19:18, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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