User talk:DUKFAN

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Hello, DUKFAN, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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citing sources for RRHS
Hi DUKFAN, I know you are interested in Rogue River High School, which is great. However, please understand what Wikipedia requires in terms of sources. Simply stating OSAA isn't enough; if you can dig through their website and find the information for the accomplishments, you can add those URLs (see WP:CS for details on how to do it). Other good sources are major newspapers (such as the Oregonian) and reliable books in a library.

Discuss here (or on Talk:Rogue River High School) if you have questions rather than reverting and undoing legitimate changes. Cheers, tedder (talk) 03:45, 24 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok so I know where my sources are but am I including them in an appropriate way. I deleted some source material because I will have to reasearch the dates in the paper as to the reference to the National Record Holder. Please have suggestions as to how to include my info. DUKFAN (talk) 04:04, 24 April 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem- I took the sources you gave and used them where appropriate, but left the fact tags where they didn't support them. For instance, from what I could tell, those two PDFs don't support the "didn't compete until 1968" statement, nor do they list the state recordholders (unless I missed it). In the future, what you need to do is wrap the URL like . In other words, put the tags around it. Still, make sure the source actually supports the statement. Discussing it here before adding wouldn't be a bad thing. tedder (talk) 04:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok thanks I'm going offline but will resume corections starting tomorrow. I think I've got a better Idea of what is needed Thanks. Most all my supporting info is from OSAA records and/or newspaper articles the hard stuff will be the National Record because the paper has that on microphis and may not have a direct internet source. I'll keep adding working from what you've given me to work fromI started the fact finding 10 years ago and most of it is paper copies and some is not available in any other form. (I'll leave that stuff off till I have a site to scan the material too) DUKFAN (talk) 04:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. There's nothing wrong with using offline sources- in fact, that's where a lot of the best information is. Read the page on how to cite sources; if you use a proper source and especially if you include small quotes, it's all good. Cheers, tedder (talk) 04:20, 24 April 2009 (UTC)