Talk:Robert Shetterly

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Very confusing process for this wikipedia newbie! I want to improve the article I created, but obviously not understanding guidelines/conventions/practices, etc.

In guidelines I'm told the first paragraph should be such common information that it shouldn't require a reference; by an editor I'm told all entries on living people need verification/citation. Does this extend to the most basic information, such as place and year of birth? Although this information is provided by multiple sources, do I need to provide a link to an official record of birth from the state of Ohio? (This would seem to violate the "no original research" rule, as well, perhaps, as the privacy rule).

Or should I just keep listing the many tertiary sources that include all of the information I wrote in the first paragraph? So far I've listed 2 sources (one is source-based; other is tertiary), but I can provide a dozen more if that helps (all the colleges, universities, galleries, etc. that have featured Shetterly's work or invited him to speak, for instance).

Also: I followed guidelines for inline reference citing, but this was changed to footnote style citation by an editor, which is great, but I'm not sure how to do that on my own. It's nice that others are fixing the citations for me, but is it possible for someone to tell me how to do it so I won't be bothering another editor? 7/19/13 TL ScullyTL Scully (talk) 15:10, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The way I fix multiple citations is to insert the tag into the 'View Source' of the article. This will generate a 'tag' in the lede of the article. Then, I run Reflinks from that tag, by clicking on the Reflinks link. Save the changes. Then go back in to 'View Source' and remove the  tag. I only do this for multiples. When I'm building References from scratch I use the Template:Cite web, or Template:Cite Book templates, etc. Another option is to go in to your Preferences and enable a Gadget called 'Prove-it'. Prove-it puts a gadget at the bottom of your 'View-Source window. Hope this helps. Note: Google Chrome seems to work best for Reflinks to properly render the Citations. Checkingfax (talk) 03:32, 2 August 2013 (UTC)