User talk:Inmemoriam

a one off note...

Date format, linking, ref source
Hi, regarding - a few points of style: Thanks. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:57, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * please don't enter dates as 10/02/1921 or 07/06/2011, they are ambiguous (see WP:DATESNO). British readers see these as 10 February 1921 and 7 June 2011 respectively, but American readers see them as October 2, 1921 and July 6, 2011. Clearly, since it's not July yet, the British form is the proper interpretation of the second date, but it won't be so obvious this time next week.
 * re the links to  and   it's best to link to the most relevant article, so since every UK railway station which is presently open has its own article (as do many closed stations), the links should really be to the articles on the appropriate railway stations: for the second, either   or   is fine, but Richmond is more involved because there are more than one Richmond station, so this would be.
 * your ref to  is very vague. It is the main page for a magazine, so it tells us which magazine you obtained the information from; but that web page itself has nothing to support your addition. If the information is on a page linked from that, it's best to give the link to the actual page where the information is shown; for a printed magazine, it's best to give at least the magazine name and date, the article title, and the page number. See WP:REFBEGIN for information on referencing.
 * Still learning the ropes ! But, the article from which this edit was taken can be found in Modern Railways magazine (Ian Allan Publishing), July 2011 edition (volume 68, number 754), page 33, under BLOOD AND CUSTARD. Guessing to access this over the net would mean clicking on the link to the mag (as given) then tapping in BLOOD AND CUSTARD ? Inmemoriam (talk) 15:23, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I've tried using the search facility at http://www.modern-railways.com and it doesn't find anything. We shouldn't expect our readers to use the search facility either, so if there is no direct link to the actual article on the web, it's best not to mention the magazine's web page at all. the information that you have provided above is plenty: I don't personally have that issue yet, but We can put that information in place of the website link. There is a template called which can be used to put this information into a format consistent with other references; you go to that page, copy a blank template to the relevant article, fill in the parameters for which you have information, and delete the rest. So, the first blank template is:
 * we can straight away fill in most of these:
 * This covers everything that you listed above except for the month and page number (the pages parameter is for multiple pages). Looking at the third blank template, we see that there are parameters for these too (month and page), so we add them in (anywhere, it doesn't matter):
 * then remove the ones which are still blank:
 * and this goes inside the  tags, . You'll see the result down in the References section. Thanks! -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * then remove the ones which are still blank:
 * and this goes inside the  tags, . You'll see the result down in the References section. Thanks! -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * and this goes inside the  tags, . You'll see the result down in the References section. Thanks! -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * and this goes inside the  tags, . You'll see the result down in the References section. Thanks! -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Strewth ! Inmemoriam (talk) 09:48, 1 July 2011 (UTC)