User talk:E.d.durant

June 2020
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Battle of Whitestone Hill, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 04:13, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

A belated welcome!


Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, E.d.durant! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:


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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Shearonink (talk) 01:32, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Adding references can be easy
Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:
 * 1) While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
 * 2) Then click on "Templates".
 * 3) Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
 * 4) Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
 * 5) Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
 * 6) Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.
 * Before clicking on Publish changes, check that a References header  ==References==  is near the end of the article.
 * And check that    is directly underneath that header.
 * 7.Click on Publish changes. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.

Hope this helps, --Shearonink (talk) 01:43, 17 October 2022 (UTC)


 * To use this message, place  on User:talk pages when needed.


 * I noticed that the cites you added to Battle of Frenchtown, while they did contain needed information, weren't according to the general Wikipedia referencing style (found at WP:CITEHOW) and didn't follow the established citations in the article, so I thought this "help" might be helpful. If unneeded/unwanted, apologies in advance. Shearonink (talk) 01:43, 17 October 2022 (UTC)