User talk:Secretagentjoee

May 2019
Hello, I'm Serols. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Biodegradable plastic— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Serols (talk) 15:41, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Your recent edit to Biodegradable Plastic has some broken citations
Hey, nice edit! Looks like some of your citations aren't linking right, though. I left it alone; it looks like you would know how to fix it better than me since you wrote it. I just wanted to let you know! Prometheus720 (talk) 00:21, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello Prometheus. I'm not sure if you will receive this message. This was my first section to elaborate on in wikipedia. Thank you for pointing out the reference error. I will look into it. I'm assuming all citations need to be linked to the page of access.


 * Hi there! Welcome to Wikipedia! You should sign your messages on talk pages by using four tildes ( ~ ). Thanks! Nimaex (talk) 18:42, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


 * That was another good edit! You write very well and you cited everything that needed to be cited. As for HOW you cite it, on Wikipedia we use ref tags . This is how the page knows to make links down to the reference list, and it is important for machine-readability. Try the "Edit source" button to see what those look like in other parts of the article. If it looks a little too hard to do it that way, don't worry! You can use the built-in citation tools to make it easier. That is the best way to make sure the source is listed. If you don't like the normal tools, you can go to your Preferences (top right of the screen when logged in), go to gadgets, and try out some of the citation tools there. Some people find that those make adding citations easier. You'll also see that I made a little edit on this page, too--I formatted our replies to each other to be indented. To do that on a talk page like this one, just add a colon before your reply. Make sure you add enough that you clearly indent one space further than the last reply above you, so it is easy to track who is talking to whom. :) And remember, if you need ANY help at all, feel free to say something on MY talk page, or you can even just reply here by "pinging" me, like so: User:Prometheus720 . Keep up the good work, and don't be a stranger! :) Prometheus720 (talk) 21:36, 3 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Even more importantly: we use labels for re-using references. E.g. and then for a repeated citation, . The / at the end of the repeat reference is critical. There's no constraint on whether the "original" or the repeats come first, but there has to be one use of the "original" reference. Things can be made tidy by putting all the original references in the  section at the end, although not all editors like to have things so tidy. Boud (talk) 14:40, 5 June 2019 (UTC)


 * You can have a look at and  to see some examples of how to do this. I've left in lots of unused (empty) parameters (which someone might remove sooner or later) - you can look at my user page for a cut/paste template or Template:Cite_journal for a much more complete list of possibilities. Please keep in mind that readers will be more likely to take the references seriously if they find it easier to find them, and even better, if the references are open access. In the case of the references you called 33 and 34, both are closed access, so the url-access parameter shows a red (bad!) padlock, to warn readers that they have to trust the Wikipedian adding the info (you, in this case) to have correctly summarised key information (not copied any text, of course) from the article. Boud (talk) 15:05, 5 June 2019 (UTC)