User talk:Eqsei

Welcome to Wikipedia. I expect that very shortly some one will add a bunch of links to where you can find more information on Wikipedia, and How Things Are Done Here. At this moment I'd like to give you quick heads-up on some things not to do, such as to Moment magnitude scale. (Which I have reverted, along with another edit I reckon was yours.)

The key point to note is that there are principles, standards, guidelines, etc., regarding both what is done, and, very importantly, how it is done. Citations are an area where you want to be especially careful. In particular, there is a policy called "WP:CITEVAR" which says that citations (so-called "references") added to an article should be done in a manner consistent with the usage established in that article. Which your addition failed. In general, full citations should be done using templates (such as {[tl|citation}}, or the cite xxx family), and without abbreviations. (There is much more that can be said on this, but for now I will simply refer you to WP:Basic citation concepts.) In particular, the Moment magnitude scale article (and others, though certainly not all) put the full citations in their own section, and use Harv templates in-line to connect the content with the proper full citation of the source. It is strongly recommended that any time you content to an article you examine how citation is done in that article, and

At a slightly different level: why did you think it was necessary to cite Vassiliou and Kanamori (1982)? Sure, there was a mention of energy, but I would say the content was adequately supported by the existing citations. There is no need to add more, and such unnecessary and superfluous citation splits the content from the actual source, which can lead to all kinds of problems.

My strong suggestion is to look around and see how things are done. Another suggestion (to avoid pitfalls that you don't know about yet): if there are places where you think improvements could, or even should, be made, ask on the Talk page of the article. Ask if you have any questions. &diams; J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 21:52, 27 April 2019 (UTC)