User talk:Leyla Doss

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I've fixed the second issue you pointed out - one of the references wasn't closed properly, so all of that text was actually included in a reference. I'm not sure what you're asking with your first question, though, can you clarify? Nikkimaria (talk) 19:10, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You Nikki ..if I have any other questions I will let you know.

{{helpme}} Actually, I do have another question ...I think I may have cited my sources incorrectly...because I just typed the code in, rather than clicking cite, and then templates...how do I fix this?

You don't need to click cite if you prefer to just type the code. If you go to the template's info page (for example, {{cite journal}}), it'll give you an outline of what parameters are available to be used. You don't need to use all of them, but you do need enough for a complete citation - ie. url, title, publisher and access date for web sources; title, pages, journal, author, date, volume for journals; etc. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:29, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} actually I apologise, I have yet another question. When I have cited a source once, how do I cite later sources without having to repeat all of the details?

You use a technique called WP:NAMEDREFS. Basically what you would do is type <ref name=xyz>cite template</ref> the first time (omitting the "nowiki" part, and choosing a better name than xyz), and then on other occurrences simply type <ref name=xyz/> (again omitting the nowiki). Nikkimaria (talk) 21:10, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leyla... I see that Nikkimaria appears to have answered your question. Feel free to get in touch with me again if you are still having trouble. Gabby.resch (talk) 17:17, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]