User talk:Riddochk

Hello, thank you for your edits on Hannah Maynard which I reverted. The main reason is that the referencing format was unacceptable for a Wikipedia article. I'd like to mention at the outset that Wikipedia is a collaborative enterprise, not a competition. The previous version of the article which I mainly wrote was well written and well sourced. While wholesale changes are sometimes needed, the spirit of Wikipedia is to try to work with the existing text as much as possible, as long as that text meets a certain standard and isn't controversial. The Hannah Maynard article was the first of a series of six articles I wrote on British Columbia photographers, and I would say is the weakest of the group, so additional editing is welcome. I especially liked your comparisons to other photographers. It is difficult to write about Hannah without mentioning Richard as they were a team and often went on photographic assignments together, and I like to try to write biographies as biographies, rather than just providing analysis. For referencing, while the simplest method is to just enclose the references within reference tags, (have a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources), the best method is to use the 'Cite' button on the top of the editing page as the reference will format properly and look professional. You can choose many additional fields other than the choices that first appear. If special situation choices need to be made, you can look at Template:Cite book, Template:Cite journal, or Template:Cite web for more source parameters. I could clean up your referencing but there might be some missing information, especially for the journal articles, and it's best done with the original sources on hand. The referencing code on the editing page can look daunting but what I often do is look at how other editors have done things, look at their source code and try to copy it. An advanced feature is to archive web pages to fend off link rot, but I can do that for you after you publish. For the sources section, you can use the Cite functions as described above, but it will automatically format with the reference tags which would have to be removed or the source will look like a footnote. I hope this will be helpful. Good luck with your editing! Everyone has to start somewhere. Sincerely, Curiocurio (talk) 12:58, 30 March 2023 (UTC)