User talk:Maxfield1969

 Hello, Maxfield1969, and Welcome to Wikipedia!  Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

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Maxfield1969, good luck, and have fun. Pam  D  09:18, 30 July 2018 (UTC)  Pam  D  09:18, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

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Hi, you said "new to Wikipedia not sure how to add link to reference". Simplest way is to add the URL (web address) of your link, surrounded by. (In general, if you don't have an online link but have a published source, you can list that, giving full details - so a reference to "Guinness Book of Records 2009, page 39", would be fine... but of course such a recent record as this one won't be in print yet.)

As a general rule you really shouldn't be editing any article or content about yourself or your friends, family and acquaintances - see WP:COI - but if you do so it's even more important than usual to keep the content totally neutral (dull, even) and to provide sources for everything you say. Better is to add content to the article's talk page ("I/my brother broke this record - here are the facts - here are the sources - I hope someone will add this to the article").

Now that you're here, please go on to edit other articles - it's a fascinating hobby though can turn into quite a timesink! I decided to help out on this one because you're just down the road (well, a few stations away - I change trains in Preston from time to time). The Lands End to JoG article is on my "watch list" so I spotted your edits. Happy Editing. Pam D  16:47, 31 July 2018 (UTC)