User talk:Shannonfitzpatrick

Your submission at Articles for creation
 Opimian Society, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. Thank you for helping Wikipedia!  Chzz  ► 18:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
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Formatting ideas

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Named references
Chzz was born in 1837.

Chzz lives in Footown.

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Tips on referencing
There are lots of ways to do refs, some are simple, some more complex.

Personally, I like using citation templates, and fill in as much as I possibly can; maybe a bit more work, but I think it looks better. You have a. An example usage is;

For all the possible things to include, see Template:Citation

Of course, you don't have to put everything in, just whatever you can. The above example is a book, but I've included a 'convenience link' to a website that displays it.

Then, at the end of the document (but before any 'category' tags), you need a references section. You just put,

Getting help
You can put - right here, on your user talk page - followed by a question, and someone will show up and answer.

Or, you can ask me, if you like.

Hope this help, cheers,  Chzz  ► 18:59, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Opimian Society
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 25 May 2011 (UTC)