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Meridian Hill Park[edit]
Thank you for your contributions to Meridian Hill Park, which really deserves (and can support) a good article.Since you appear to have some references available, could you add citations to the article to support your edits? I'd be glad to help you with them. Also, please avoid informal constructions and commentary in Wikipedia's voice: they aren't really suitable for an encyclopedia and can imply original research or opinions. Acroterion (talk) 04:00, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Referencing[edit]
Referencing on Wikipedia, thanks to its primitive interface, is a pain. There are a couple of ways to do it: one widely-used method is to simply copy and edit references from another article. The Meridian Hill Park article has a start on references: it's got a heading and a {{reflist}} template, so you're partways there already. There are some extant citations in the text, like<ref name=CTDC>{{citation |title=Roads to Diversity: Adams Morgan Heritage Trail |url=http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMHT_English.pdf |author=Cultural Tourism DC |date=2005}}</ref> and <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=799601 |title=Meridian Hill Park: Sports and Recreation Locations in Washington, DC on washingtonpost.com's City Guide |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>. You can see that the references are framed by <ref> (or <refname=>) and </ref> in HTML-like markup. You use named references if you are going to use a particular reference more than once. When embedded in the text they'll cause notes to appear in the References section at the bottom of the page.
In the top left of the edit window you should see a toolbar that has, at the left, a button that says "Cite." Clicking it will show a drop-down menu of citation references for web, news, book and journal references, which then leads to a form that you can fill out (not all forms need to be used), and will insert a formatted reference wherever your cursor happens to be in the text. Often, for book references, you can dispense with extensive context after the first reference, and just say <ref>Smith, p. 15</ref> and go on.
My main concern on the tone of the article is the use of intensifiers and adjectives in general, which are frowned upon in encyclopedic style. A certain dryness is called for, but there's an art to keeping just this side of plodding declarative prose. It's an interesting exercise. Perhaps not Joe Friday, more like Bill Gannon.
Have a look at the citations policy for more: also verifiability and reliable sourcing are important. The policies on no original research is important, since Wikipedia is a tertiary source that relies on secondary published sources.
I'm certain you'll have more questions, please feel free to ask. Acroterion (talk) 13:08, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
- I see you've been plugging away on Meridian Hill Park - it's looking much better. Thanks for your efforts, I've removed the tone tag, as the language has become more formal and encyclopedic. Acroterion (talk) 19:53, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
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