User talk:Randall.h.parkersr/sandbox

I am working on the Holism page, providing an overview of the general concept, functions, and categories which will contain many references to Smuts' Holism and Evolution. I need help understanding how to provide these references; using the ibid template in my Sandbox gave an error message saying that it was discouraged and that I should use named Ref but this seems cumbersome and does not provide a means to show the page number. Should I just repeat the complete? Is it ok for me to preface the section stating that the material is summarized from the book? I appreciate any help that I can get as I plan to be doing a lot of work on Wikipedia related to Holism and perhaps some on Software Quality Assurance. Randall.h.parkersr (talk) 23:29, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * If I am reading your question correctly the rp template may be what you are looking for. You would put that at the end of the citation to specific an exact page. For example say the book reference was the following:




 * Line to be referenced citing general book.


 * Line to be referenced citing page 42.


 * Does that answer you question? If not could you be a little bit more clear on what you are asking? Thanks! If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Majora (talk) 23:54, 17 January 2016 (UTC)