User:StarryGrandma

Don't worry about formatting references; just get all the information in there. Add page numbers for references from books and magazines. A web address isn't enough since web pages move.

I ran into problems creating references for my first edits here in 2012. I've programmed computers ever since I punched my first IBM card, and used markup languages since RUNOFF, but writing references for Wikipedia introduces one to an entirely different level of complexity. I have been exploring it ever since.

I recommend for your first references (sources):
 * With Visual Editor use Cite->Manual->Basic form, and the editor will add the  part for you.
 * With Visual Editor use Cite->Manual->Basic form, and the editor will add the  part for you.

For other ways see Help:Referencing for beginners and the reference sections at Help:Introduction.

How to do all sorts of things

 * Tutorial
 * User:Yunshui/Article creation for beginners
 * Your first article
 * Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia
 * Manual of Style
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Writing better articles
 * Copyright problems
 * Text Copyright Violations 101
 * CopyPatrol, Earwig's Copyvio Detector
 * Citing sources - and see Help:Citation tools
 * Help:Referencing for beginners
 * User:Yunshui/References for beginners
 * User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners
 * Help:Footnotes
 * Nesting footnotes and T100477
 * Citation templates
 * Common sourcing mistakes (notability)


 * Cheatsheet
 * Contribution Team/Backlogs
 * Category:Pages with broken reference names
 * Category:Pages with citation errors
 * Category:Pages using infobox person with unknown parameters
 * Notability (astronomical objects)
 * Template:Quicktemplates
 * Template messages/Cleanup
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact
 * WikiProject User warnings/Usage and layout
 * Using the Wayback Machine


 * Wikimedia Foundation
 * Communications/Communicating about the Wikimedia Foundation
 * Wikitech

Personal pages

 * /My sandbox
 * /VE sandbox
 * /Samples
 * /Example articles
 * /Blackboard
 * /Sandbox2, /Tiny sandbox
 * /Useful things, /Useful science
 * /ToDo: DSB · Women artists