User talk:Airport Historian

welcome
Welcome. Are you new? Do you need help editing, for example adding references? Whispyhistory (talk) 18:35, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello Whispyhistory. Yes, new to editing Wikipedia and I would very much like some help with adding references.

I'm struggling with adding references and getting them to work. There are book references I'd like to add, some of the current references need updating, some are out of date, some are incorrect.

I've managed to work out how to link to other Wiki pages but that's about it. Any help much appreciated!

Airport Historian (talk) 18:54, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

message me a reference and I'll see what I can do. BTW...If you are a member of the historic airport trust..so am I. I can find you at next museum opening if it helps. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:15, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello- Thanks. For info, I'm a Trustee with HCAT. I'll be at the next Open Day very fleetingly at open before I have to go to work.

Here's some examples of what I'm trying to do:-

Reference 3. Link broken and incorrect- English Heritage is now Historic England. Correct link- https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1079299

Reference 12. re Control Towers website-I tried to delete as it's inaccurate on the point in question- now there's a red "Cite Error" message. How do I delete the website reference?

Additional references- I want to add much explanatory text and add additional/amend numbered references i.e. website pages (I'm thinking of the Flight Global on-line archives)?

How do I link in references to the Bibliography?

Can I add in off-line references (I'm thinking files held by the National Archives that aren't on line)?

How do I add photos + descriptive text?

Airport Historian (talk) 19:55, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Linking
Hi...you only need to once in the article Manual of Style/Linking, preferably the first time term written Whispyhistory (talk) 12:39, 27 December 2017 (UTC)