User talk:Meera.siva



Hello, Meera.siva, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay.
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 * If you have a question that is not one of the frequently asked questions below, check out Questions, [ ask me on my talk page], or click the button below. Happy editing and again, welcome! AshLin (talk) 03:02, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

{{Hidden|style=width: 50%;|contentstyle=text-align: left;|1=How do I create citations?|2=#Do a search on Google or your preferred search engine for the subject of the Wikipedia article that you want to create a citation for. 
 * 1) Find a website that supports the claim you are trying to find a citation for.
 * 2) In a new tab/window, go to the citation generator, click on the 'An arbitrary website' bubble, and fill out as many fields as you can about the website you just found.
 * 3) Click the 'Get reference wiki text' button.
 * 4) Highlight, and then copy (Ctrl+C or Apple+C), the resulting text (it will be something like, copy the whole thing).
 * 5) In the Wikipedia article, after the claim you found a citation for, paste (Ctrl+V or Apple+V) the text you copied.
 * 6) If the article does not have a References or Notes section (or the like), add this to the bottom of the page, but above the External Links section and the categories:

The way ahead
Hi Meera, I read your reply on my talk page. Very good indeed.

What next, you must be thinking. Do consider what article you would like to edit. See what information is missing. Add it at an appropriate place with language flow which merges it into the article and add a reference. WP:CITE (this kind of notation is called a shortcut) will guide you how to provide references/citations. Add one fact with reference at a time and build up articles in patchwork over time.

I close with one small standard practice for you to follow. Always sign off your post with a space followed by four tildes, i.e. ~, after your last full-stop. This will automatically add a formatted, linked signature block like mine after this full stop. AshLin (talk) 03:25, 30 November 2011 (UTC)