Talk:Ben's Chili Bowl/Archives/2020

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It pisses me off. I wanted to add an external reference to plans for expansion of the restaurant, ...BUT... I came across a nasty note telling me to use the "Wikipedia:Footnotes" style or my edits will be swiftly deleted without notice.

OK I'll find out how to use footnotes styles ... 1/2 hour later I gave up looking. So instead of my external link I am bitching in Talk! RGGR! FrankTownend 15:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * What do you want to add? We can help you out.  If you add text to the article, it's good practice to provide a reference, such as link to a news article or something.  That way, we know where you got your information.  Technically, to do that, you can just put the link after the text like this .  More can be done to format the link, like the other links. (see WP:CITE)  But, someone else can do that if you have trouble figuring it out. --Aude (talk) 15:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I 100% agree that the notice " " is not user-friendly. It's been removed and shouldn't have been there.  Apologies for that. --Aude (talk) 15:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you Aude! I saw an article on-line that showed Ben's is "expanding" into another location and adding additional "features".  Typically I add an external link with text that allows the reader to understand what I am pointing out about the subject.  When I came on the statement in the edit box it frustrated me so I used the help features for formatting instructions.  After a half hour I gave up.


 * I haven't had trouble adding or editing content in the past, this was a new one for me.


 * The content I wanted to add was as follows:


 * [http:// www.examiner.com/a-800143~Ben_s_Chili_Bowl_set_to_expand.html Ben's Chili Bowl set to expand.]


 * Sorry, my bad. As I recall, back when footnotes were first introduced and even experienced editors had no idea how to use them, I saw this on a TFA (Albatross, if I'm remembering correctly).  I then copied the reference markup, which allowed the new "small" font, along with the comment, into several articles I introduced the footnotes system to over the next several months, until the creation of reflist made it easier to type rather than copy markup from an older article.  Footnotes is immediately understandable to editors who have been around a while, but I can see how it would be baffling for new people.  I'll try to remember which articles I might have copied it into and replace it with reflist. - BanyanTree 23:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I have seen the footnotes comments on many pages -- so many pages (more than ones you added them to) that I think a bot or some other automated process is needed to fix them. --Aude (talk) 05:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)


 * This would be a good addition to the article. I've tried to summarize this.
 * In June 2007, Ben's Chili Bowl announced plans to expand to a second location, a 3,000 square foot building next door, which The Casbah nightclub used to occupy, which will have more of a nightclub atmosphere. [http:// www.examiner.com/a-800143~Ben_s_Chili_Bowl_set_to_expand.html]
 * Does that sound okay. Feel free to change it, add it to the article, or come up with something yourself.  I have made the reference into a basic link, which is definitely acceptable.  Though, we have a way to convert it into reference like the others.  Doing this may be a little complicated for someone new to Wikipedia, so I wouldn't worry about it and suggest doing things the easy way.  We can format the reference later. --Aude (talk) 17:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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