Hello Richard, thanks for the message on my page, I now fixed the reference problem. The general idea is to place <ref>Reference</ref> at the end of the sentence you are referencing, which will produce a proper inline-citation in the reference section. For example,
This is a sentence.<ref>J. Smith (1999) "Book of Things", p.14 ISBN 012-3-456-78901-2</ref> This is another sentence.<ref>T. O'neil (2001) "Other Book of Things", p.57 ISBN 321-3-456-78901-2</ref> ;Reference {{reflist}} ;Further reading *B. Jones (2008) "Book of Weird Things", ISBN 098-7-654-32109-8
will produce the following text:
This is a sentence. [1] This is another sentence. [2]
- References
- Further reading
- B. Jones (2008) "Other Book of Things", ISBN 098-7-654-32109-8
The first two reference (inline-references) are used to support specific sentences, while the 3rd reference (the one at the end) is used to support the "general" idea and give readers more information about the topic.
I hope this clarifies on how to use references in wikipedia. Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 20:54, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
So you think the 1809 volcanic eruption page should be deleted, because the page was not done well or because wiki shouldn't have an article about that event? -- Richard Rowe ( talk) 20:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello Richard, thanks for the message on my page, I now fixed the reference problem. The general idea is to place <ref>Reference</ref> at the end of the sentence you are referencing, which will produce a proper inline-citation in the reference section. For example,
This is a sentence.<ref>J. Smith (1999) "Book of Things", p.14 ISBN 012-3-456-78901-2</ref> This is another sentence.<ref>T. O'neil (2001) "Other Book of Things", p.57 ISBN 321-3-456-78901-2</ref> ;Reference {{reflist}} ;Further reading *B. Jones (2008) "Book of Weird Things", ISBN 098-7-654-32109-8
will produce the following text:
This is a sentence. [1] This is another sentence. [2]
- References
- Further reading
- B. Jones (2008) "Other Book of Things", ISBN 098-7-654-32109-8
The first two reference (inline-references) are used to support specific sentences, while the 3rd reference (the one at the end) is used to support the "general" idea and give readers more information about the topic.
I hope this clarifies on how to use references in wikipedia. Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 20:54, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
So you think the 1809 volcanic eruption page should be deleted, because the page was not done well or because wiki shouldn't have an article about that event? -- Richard Rowe ( talk) 20:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)