User talk:Teucrium


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How does X work?
Your question. I've just found a message saying I've been temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia. I don't share an IP address and the person who seems to be the reason for the block is a creepy-looking stranger who I've never heard of.

Would it be possible for you to investigate this and let me know how/why the block got put on and whether someone has been tampering with my account?

Overall I'm finding Wikipedia almost impossible to edit and have pretty much given up on trying, which is disappointing as I'm fairly intelligent and computer literate and was hoping to make a few small contributions.

Thanks.

Teucrium (talk) 18:41, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * There is no direct block on your account or in its block log, and it does not seem to be autoblocked, so we need to know more in order to help you. Try to edit the WP:Sandbox. If you can, you are not blocked: if you can't, please copy here the exact message you get, and replace the "helpme" tag. JohnCD (talk) 19:24, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

How do I add an external link?
Re: Robert Stephen Hawker page on Wikipedia. I'm editor of www.robertstephenhawker.co.uk. and am currently involved in setting up a Hawker Society. My website has been recognised by the University of Toronto as the authoritative online resource for information on Hawker, is non-commercial and is archived by the British Library. The Wikipedia article on Hawker is very poor. I have corrected a few wrong names and dates but am unable to edit it to any significant extent; I am not in good health and have barely enough energy to work on my own site. I also find Wiki markup extremely difficult to use. In the circumstances it seems reasonable to direct Wikipedia visitors to a more useful source, especially as some of the present external links are to sites which contain further inaccuracies. How do I make my link work? Teucrium (talk) 12:07, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Information about external links can be found at WP:EXT including how to insert them via Wiki markup. However, make sure you conform to the guidelines contained therein about when external links are appropriate and when they are not. Cheers! Topher385 (talk) 13:55, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Red text problem
Re: Robert Stephen Hawker page. I've done some tidying on the References and Bibliography section to make it consistent but Jeremy Seal's name is now red. What am I missing here - the markup looks identical to the Brendon entry below? Thanks for all the help - it feels like progress is being made, the page has improved a lot over recent months. Teucrium (talk) 15:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The difference is that Piers Brendon is a "bluelink" because there is an article about him, but there is no article on Jeremy Seal, so he shows as a "redlink." You can either remove the  brackets round it, or leave it in the hope that seeing a redlink may encourage somebody to write an article. JohnCD (talk) 15:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC)