User talk:Dahlidahl

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Thanks for adding yourself to the Student page! Debaser42 (talk) 21:26, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Dahlia - check out this video for more hints on talk pages. Don't be afraid to ask for help - we're all here for you! Debaser42 (talk) 02:57, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Dahlia, I hope you had a good weekend! Just trying to figure out all this wiki stuff! See you tomorrow! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtomao (talk • contribs) 02:02, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Project Links

Hey Dahlia - great project ideas. Think about exactly what you want to do regarding this project. Simply listing media sources isn't necessarily a "communicative event", but looking at media coverage in the area would be. Start by going to scholar.google.com and finding some academic articles on the subject and see what is out there so you can narrow down your ideas. Debaser42 (talk) 18:52, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So, let me get this straight,- I would be looking at a variety of media that actually discusses sinai, and then draw opon them to make neutral conclusions about media coverage of sinai. Correct ?

That would be part of it, yes. Making claims backed up by evidence from a neutral point of view. You should also have academic articles as well (three are required for the proposal alone) - starting there will help you get a good handle on the direction you should take. If you can't find any academic articles, its a sign that you should pick a different topic. Debaser42 (talk) 23:14, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References

Hi Dahlidahl, Following our IRC session, you should modify the references by adding the Ref name to your references. Replace the first <ref> with <ref name=REFNAME> .

So, <ref>{{cite book|first=ed etc. etc.</ref> will now look like:
- <ref name=XXXX>{{cite book|first=ed. etc. etc.</ref> where XXXX, you will replace with a name of your liking. In this case, maybe I would abbreviate the name of the book. So, I might use <ref name=CLMEP1>.
Why do we want to bother to do this? Because, after this, every time you want to cite this reference again (provided it is the same pages in the book), all you need to do is add <ref name=CLMEP1/> at the end of a sentence, and that sentence will be attributed to that source. That way, you don't have to keep inserting new references.
Hope this all makes sense. Cheers and have fun with referencing! --SMasters (talk) 14:49, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I think I got it!

Different references need a new and different ref name. I've fixed it for you. You only use the short name if you are quoting the same ref multiple times. See this as an example. Hope this helps. --SMasters (talk) 02:55, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Feedback

I threw a sample in your sandbox regarding your last edits to Dahab. Hopefully if will offer additional insight. You did a nice job at adding references. My76Strat (talk) 06:37, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Collaboration?

Don't forget to Say hi to aja99 (talk · contribs) and jules2013 (talk · contribs) to talk about collaborating! Debaser42 (talk) 00:09, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

User Draft

Hello,

I found what looked like a userpage draft of an article in the newpage list under Dahlidahl/contributions. I have moved it to User:Dahlidahl/drafts.

Dac04 (talk) 22:29, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Reference help

How references work
Simple references [edit] These require two parts; a) Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref> b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}"; == References == {{reflist}} (an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections) To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Dahlidahl/reftest and try it out. Named references [edit] Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook"> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/> 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. Citation templates [edit] You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look; Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation \| last = Smith \| first = John \| title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century \| publication-date = 2001 \| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] \| page = 125 \| isbn = 0-521-37169-4 }} </ref> Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result. For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Chzz ► 01:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Here is the link to the general ambassador program that I was telling you about the other day. If you are interested, the links for each type of ambassador lead to the process with which you could use to apply. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, and if I do not respond within a few days, feel free to leave a note on my talk page. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 07:51, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]