User talk:Hapimivan

I have just created an account to be able to edit my late husband, Peter Halasz's page. His birth year was posted as 1944, without the month and the day. He was born on August 20, 1943. After I had finished editing, en error page appeared: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors/Cite_error_refs_without_references. I thought, I had done the referencing correctly, because I AM the reference being his widow. Perhaps there is a special rule/format to indicate the fact that I am the source. Thank you for helping in advance. Hapimivan (talk) 22:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * First, I must tell you that you cannot use yourself as a source when you are editing any article. Otherwise, anyone who wants to edit your husband's page can pretend to be his relative. To use any source, we prefer some written word, like a newspaper. Adding it without the reference is fine, but you risk having it challenged and removed by someone else.
 * Secondly, that references problem was a techincal mistake you made, and not because of who you took as your source. Since I have removed that reference, the problem is gone.
 * Please feel free to ask again by using the template if you have any further questions.
 * TheOriginalSoni (talk) 22:23, 28 April 2013 (UTC)