Talk:Steve Spill

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I have made many changes. I have addressed the issues on the page, however, the warnigs are still there... Does everything look right??? Thankyou!--Jazzitsax (talk) 23:47, 2 July 2009 (UTC)Michael[reply]

The tags are put there by other editors on Wikipedia. Human intervention is (usually) needed to remove the tags. If you feel that the article no longer has the issues indicated by a tag, remove it. If someone disagrees with you, a discussion will usually be started on the talk page.

I have a few comments about the page as it stands. There are a lot of footnotes, followed directly by a link, like this.^[1][1] The normal style is to move the external link into the footnote, like this.^[2] (Take a look at the source of this page to see the wikicode used for these footnotes.)—C45207 | Talk 01:36, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Help me please. I think I wrote this article correctly, however it is my 1st time. Can someone give me insight on the errors I am getting?--Jazzitsax (talk) 18:03, 29 June 2009 (UTC)Michael J. Vechello[reply]

What errors are you seeing? To page looks free of technical errors to me. Are you referring to the tags at the top like "It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve it by citing reliable sources."? If so, those tags indicate that other editors think that the article can be improved. Click on the link the the tag's box to see the page related to the "error" and see if you can improve the article after reading. Does this help?—C45207 | Talk 00:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My second question: How does one get Articles in print into wiki? I have some great souces in print.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazzitsax (talk • contribs) 18:18, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean citing a book? I'd put <ref name=name-of-book-without-spaces>{{Cite book}}</ref> in the location for the first footnote. The {{Cite book}} page has lots of information about formatting a book's citation. And, Wikipedia:Footnotes has information about the footnote system. For more general information about citations, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. I know that I've thrown a lot of pages at you, but you'll probably find the specific information you are looking for on one of them and pick up some tricks along the way.—C45207 | Talk 00:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have articles from the LA Times that I would like to get into Wiki. How does one get something like that there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazzitsax (talk • contribs) 21:44, 29 June 2009 (UTC) --Jazzitsax (talk) 21:48, 29 June 2009 (UTC)Micahel J. Vechel[reply]

See above about a book, but I'd use {{Cite news}}. You can see a list of all the available templates for citations at Wikipedia:Citation templates.—C45207 | Talk 00:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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