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Help with cites
Schwindtd, I know you are very good with cites, so could you help me out on Villa del Cine? Sandy is giving me flak for not sorting them out, and I don't have the energy while trying to make contributions to learn how to do it myself. The page explaining it boggles my mind with its damn symbols. How about it? ValenShephard (talk) 00:50, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, ok. I guess. I'll see what I can do. --Schwindtd (talk) 00:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks man. Its something to do with me repeating the same cite over and over again, instead of just using its "name" which I dont know how, to make them all point to the same source. You'll see. ValenShephard (talk) 00:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yes. It's called "ref names." When you can you should check them out thoroughly. They are so useful. --Schwindtd (talk) 00:54, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing it, I'll learn that myself soon when I get some time. ValenShephard (talk) 01:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It isn't very hard. I picked it up while editing Rutherford B. Hayes. In fact, that is how I learned how to cite, working on a page where I was the only editor! You can see the ref names when you edit the page. --Schwindtd (talk) 01:10, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * If its so easy, can you show me an example right now? It would be good to get it out of the way. ValenShephard (talk) 01:11, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Here's the example Sandy gave you. --Schwindtd (talk) 01:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh I think I missed that, I remember being referred to policy. So you choose an appropriate name, then use it throughout. Looks simple enough. How are you doing by the way? ValenShephard (talk) 01:19, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * What do you mean: "How am I doing?" --Schwindtd (talk) 01:20, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * How are you, whats up, sup, whats hap'nin, been good, etc. ValenShephard (talk) 01:29, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It's Ok. College App season is picking up, so life is more stressful than usual. But I can't complain. Wha' 'bout you? (oh. P.S. Take a look at the GOCEinuse tag I put up at Villa del Cine I got an edit conflict when I started my copyedit.--Schwindtd (talk) 01:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah I just saw it, I didnt know it had gone back up. I suggest you read the new section in talk, there is an issue with sourcing. A source (number 4) is cited in the lead, but its not the source where the claim comes from, it actually comes from source 5. I don't know how to remove the 4th source without wrecking the formatting. Have a look. I am well, counting down the days till my own 'college experience' starts. ValenShephard (talk) 01:43, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

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President Rutherford B. Hayes
I saw your working on the article of him i thought maybe you should replace the infobox image with File:President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored.jpg its a good picture of him and better then the current one. Spongie555 (talk) 03:48, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you want to add it? --Schwindtd (talk) 01:17, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Im actually nominating that picture for Featured Picture right now so i cant personally add it. Spongie555 (talk) 17:06, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I think someone added it. Thanks, --Schwindtd (talk) 00:15, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to let you know that the image pass FP and is now a Featured Picture. I dot know if it helps the GA cause for the article but just something to tell you since your working with him. Spongie555 (talk) 05:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

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Your honesty
Refreshing! Deb (talk) 20:12, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Monroe
I don't think James Monroe could count as unknown as he was one of the first five presidents. --Thebirdlover (talk) 16:18, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

GA Rutherford Hayes
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Do you want me to continue the hold? Racepacket (talk) 17:33, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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Main page appearance: Rutherford B. Hayes
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Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881). Taking office as president on March 4, 1877, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution. Hayes was a reformer who began the efforts that would lead to civil service reform and attempted, unsuccessfully, to reconcile the divisions that had led to the American Civil War fifteen years earlier. When the Civil War began, Hayes left a successful political career to join the Union Army. Wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain, he earned a reputation for bravery in combat and was promoted to the rank of major general. After the war, he served in the U.S. Congress from 1865 to 1867 as a Republican. Hayes left Congress to run for Governor of Ohio and was elected to three terms, serving from 1867 to 1871 and 1876 to 1877. In 1876, Hayes was elected president in one of the most contentious elections in American history. Losing the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, Hayes narrowly won the presidency after the Compromise of 1877, in which a Congressional commission awarded him twenty disputed electoral votes. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Documents from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
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