User talk:Alanm6

I am a professional genealogist and librarian, working in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.Alanm6 (talk) 23:09, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I found an article with a note [citation needed], but I couldn't figure out how to add the citation. I have a citation, but the links to articles about citation talk about format, not mechanics. I copied a format and tried to insert using, but I couldn't find a way to actually enter the source info. The reference section at the bottom of the page is empty except for, which I don't know how to create. Alanm6 (talk) 23:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Put the reference link in between tags and take out the 'name=' part. Use the template  to display a list of references used above in the page.  Hope this helped.  If not, replace the helpme template.  KJS  77  23:17, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Answer from user:chzz (talk)
Hi there, I saw your earlier help request, and thought I might add a bit more information. As a librarian, I'm sure you know far more about citation than I do, so bear with me :-)


 * Your help request was a bit 'garbled' because you put and then, at the end, a section called == References == with.

There is a very useful template called 'citation' that makes much better looking references, and that's what I prefer to use. To use it, you use this kind of style in your article;

tags. These tools are listed in WP:CITE.

I hope this will help you; if you do have any further questions, please ask me on my own talk page

All the best, --  Chzz  ►  04:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)