User talk:Jesswhalen

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Hello, Jesswhalen, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Wizard191 (talk) 16:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
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your citations in this article are a step in the right direction, but they are inadequate. the inline citation must refer to something in the list of references. as it is they are just names and dates, meaningless to a reader not familiar with the literature of the field. bear in mind that wikipedia is written, as is any encyclopedia,as a starting point for a more or less casual reader.Toyokuni3 (talk) 16:35, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I consider it a pity that your additions have been reverted, but this was necessary: you need to give full citations for the article you cite. If you are not sure how to do this, please add them on the discussion page of the article, and I will ensure that they are properly inserted and formatted.  This comes from a much earlier period than I deal with, so that I am not familiar with the literature.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:04, 10 May 2010 (UTC)