User talk:Percevl

November 2018
Hello, I'm Person who formerly started with "216". I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Giza pyramid complex, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Person who formerly started with &#34;216&#34; (talk) 15:53, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Sticking new information in front of an existing citation is really unhelpful. Citations are given for text. For example:
 * The cat sat on the mat.[1]

The citation supports the statement.

If you add new information in front of the citation, it makes it look as though the citation supports the new material, and hides the fact that the citation was meant to support the first statement:
 * The cat sat on the mat. Fish have gills and breathe underwater.[1]

The correct way to add the new information is as follows:
 * The cat sat on the mat.[1] Fish have gills and breathe underwater.[2]

Note the need for a citation [2] for the new information.-- Toddy1 (talk) 16:36, 1 November 2018 (UTC)