User talk:Phlip phlop

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 * I hear you've been discussing things a bit with various people. Great!  I have answered the question on the WP:SUP/AAC. --Poule (talk) 14:53, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Poule, I have a question concerning references. I have started working on the sandbox page, but when I hit the reference key, it just places a number, without me having to insert all the reference information. It is possible that I am only able to do that on the actual article page (where the box shows up with author, title, etc.). Thanks in advance for your help! --Phlip phlop (talk) 19:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Phlip Phlop, I'll answer your questions here (including the one you emailed me)
 * Yes, you can just copy and paste what you have prepared in the sandbox over to the article proper.
 * Regarding the book review, yes you should cite the book review (including author of the BR, where it was published) and not the book it is reviewing. However, it would be better to avoid using a book review to cite the content of the book. It you are hoping to do this, it would be far better to get hold of the original book and cite the info from there.
 * I see that you are having some trouble with the references. Have you installed the reftools gadget as mentioned here?   If you do, you will have blue button with the word CITE on it above the edit bar while you are in page editing mode.  If you click on it then you have a choice of what kind of citation (book, journal etc) that you want to cite, and some boxes to fill in. Once filled out, you just click "Add citation" at the bottom and voila the citation appears in the text where you have placed your cursor.  The other thing you can do is to copy and paste an appropriate citation template from the third column  and fill in it in the article itself.  I will do one in the sandbox for you, just so that you can see what it should look like, though you will need to correct the details of the citation! Let me know if you need any more help. A message on my talkpage is the best way to get hold of me. --Poule (talk) 19:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)