User talk:Rhall34

Welcome!
Hello, Rhall34, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Response to question
Hi Rhall34, thanks for getting in touch with your question. Per Wikipedia policies, if you add information to a page, it is your responsibility to also add references that show where you obtained the information. This helps readers ensure the verifiability of what they're reading by seeing that the information comes from reliable sources.

As for how to add references using visual editor, you can find a useful guide here. Immediately after adding content from a source, click the "cite" button on the top toolbar. If you have the URL or the DOI (something often found in academic journal articles), you can try the automatic option to see if it populates the citation. Conversely, you can click "Manual" to select from a website, book, journal, or book, or click "Re-use" to use a reference already in use on the page. Let me know if this answers your questions! Elysia (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:59, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * also left you some good advices on my talk page. See User_talk:Ian_(Wiki_Ed). Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:59, 8 November 2018 (UTC)