User talk:Linecar

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Claire Evans[edit]

Hi Linecar,
I notice you've done some work adding references to the article on Claire Evans. Firstly thank you for tracking them all down. It's really important to have references for articles, especially when they're about living people. :) Just a quick tip for how to add them so they look really pretty. It's helpful to have the reference for a certain statement directly after the statement rather than at the bottom. Instead of typing in

[[references]] Dominic Herbert newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/499636/Dumped-model-is-heartbroken-after-rugby-star-has-scrum-with-Duffy. 13 September 2009

Try

<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/499636/Dumped-model-is-heartbroken-after-rugby-star-has-scrum-with-Duffy.html | title = Dumped model is heartbroken after rugby star has scrum with Duffy | accessdate = 5 July 2010 | publisher = News of the World | author = Dominic Herbert | date = 13 September 2009}}</ref>

Looks more complicated, I know, but it has a couple of advantages. 1. Looks really pretty on the page. (I re-formatted the one in the article. Take a look :) ) 2. It can be maintained by various bots that keep an eye on articles. If it's broken it'll get flagged and looked at.
If you need a hand with it (or anything else) just post on my talk page and I'll do my best to help.Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 10:06, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Linecar

I pulled the other two references out because the News of the World article seemed to reference the previous sentence better than the other two but if you'd prefer to keep all three I'm not going to edit war over it. :)

Try copy-pasting the section of text in my previous post beginning <ref> into the article after the sentence "Claire is former girlfriend of Wales ScrumHalf and British Lion Mike Phillips." When you edit the page you should find some text there that already looks similar ie. is encased in <ref>{{cite web | etc.}}</ref> notation already (that's the other references that you brought back with your revert). Paste the copied text in after that. Hopefully it should come out OK when you preview the page.

The <ref> </ref> notation is the standard code for putting in references of any sort. Anything you put between those two notations will come out at the bottom of the page as a reference. The other bit is actually a template that produces pretty references for web pages. Full instructions on that one can be found at template:cite web. I hope this is a clearer explanation but it may well not be. Let me know if it's still giving you trouble. And if you have any more sources you'd like to add in the meantime go ahead and add them. I have the page watchlisted and I'm happy to sort out the syntax (much easier than hunting for references. LOL).

Just one more thing, if you use {{helpme}} you need to put it on your talk page - otherwise the other editors who could give you a hand get confused and start posting help on mine instead. :) If you'd like to read what User:Chzz wrote it's on my talk page. You might find the "How references work" box helpful.Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 21:36, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For help with citations, see user:chzz/help/refs. Do ask, if you need help. Chzz ► 22:10, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]