User talk:Bealzbob

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Bealzbob! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! -- Big  Dom  05:39, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
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Your question
Hi there, I've been away for a few days so I haven't had chance to reply until now. I can see that you have done some good work adding sources etc. to the 2009–10 Premier Reserve League article. The thing is, references and external links aren't the same thing so I recommend you have a look at the links. Anybody can edit those tags at the top of articles, and seeing as the article isn't completely unreferenced anymore, I have changed it to a Refimprove tag instead. Leave me another message if you've got any other queries! Cheers, -- Big  Dom  19:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It's fairly simple really, citations are in line with the text and look like this: [1]. References are just the list of sources found at the bottom of the article using the
 * Use a - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put , and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~ at the end;
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 * The last of those is particularly useful - please try it; pop in now and say hello.  Chzz  ►  00:08, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * P.S. A good way to work out how to improve articles is to look for similar ones ranked as Featured Articles or Good Articles, and copy their style.  Chzz  ►  00:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Vertigo
Earlier, you asked about vertical text in tables - I mentioned that it can be done with images, and later came across an example - see Help:Table.

Whether it should be done is, of course, another question.

Still - sorry I didn't find that link earlier. We all live and learn.  Chzz  ►  00:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks again Chzz, you have been very helpful with my queries to date. I will go with your safe option that simple is best because, according to that wiki page, not all browsers can properly interpret vertical text.  I think the tables work fine the way they are now.  Rgds  Bealzbob (talk) 13:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Dashes
Now this is a question I can answer! The shorter dash (–) is called an en-dash and you insert one by typing ; instead of just a hyphen. The longer dash (&mdash;) is called an em-dash and you insert one of those by typing

For more information about dashes and hyphens, take a look at WP:DASH. It will be more help than I can be, and it's what I used when I wanted to learn about them a few years ago now. Feel free to ask any more questions if you need! Cheers, Big  Dom  20:18, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, it hasn't worked properly. I can't write the code for dashes without it actually rendering the dashes. Big  Dom  20:21, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
To report vandalism go here http://enwp.org/WP:AIV or go to IRC and type "!helper vandal"

Reverting large numbers of edits
Hi there, I noticed your complaint about the 2009–10 Premier Reserve League. If you want to revert lots of edits at once there are a number of easy ways to do it without undoing each individual edit. One way is to ask for the WP:ROLLBACK feature, or ask someone with it to do it for you. Another is to go to the article history page and go to the last good version by the diff, so this page and then clicking edit so this page. By doing this you are removing all of the changes made since that edit. You can also use the small button icons, click compare the selected revisions and then undo it from that diff page like normal.

If you notice an editor vandalising then make sure to give them a level warning found at Template messages/User talk namespace. If an editor ignores warnings then post a notice to WP:AIV where an admin will deal with it as appropriate. If you have any questions please post them on my talkpage. Thanks, Woody (talk) 17:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Footballer article
Hi, I think it was you who was just in the IRC help channel? I was wrong, there actually is a template for footballers: WikiProject_Football/Players. The Football WikiProject has other resources too. --KFP (contact | edits) 23:44, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

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