User talk:Freshstrawberry

Jasmia Robinson

Hi there.

I heard you were having a few problems with a draft article, so I'm trying to help sort things out. I hope I can clarify.

The draft article is in User:Freshstrawberry/Jasmia Robinson. That is, in a user sub-page. That is the one you should work on.

I have edited your user page, and added a link to that page, and others. You can always get to your user page by clicking on your user-name at the top of all Wikipedia pages - so, it is quite handy.

What I specifically did, on your user-pace, was added links like this;

*[[User:Freshstrawberry/Jasmia Robinson]]
*[[User:Freshstrawberry/My sandbox]]
*[[User:Freshstrawberry/My test page]]
*[[User:Freshstrawberry/Something else]]

The asterisks just make bullet-points.

Putting a page-name in brackets like that makes a wiki-link. Same as if I put e.g. [[Sausage]], it makes a link to the page sausage. Or [[User:Chzz]], to link to my own user page - User:Chzz.

The subpage names of "My sandbox", "My test page", and "Something else" are just things I made up. You could edit the user page and change them, if you wanted. Also, note that they are in red - because they don't yet exist; but you can click on them to create them.

I hope that helps clarify that bit.

As regards the draft article - you need to add references after each fact - so we can see where each piece of information comes from. So, you need to write things such as;

Jasmia was born in Hackney.<ref>"Interview with Jasmina", A. Person, page 42, The Times, 1st April 2010.</ref>

All the facts need a reliable source, so that the person reading the article can check it.

I hope that helps. Sorry if you've been confused; Wikipedia can be pretty challenging at first.

If you need any more help, please just put {{helpme}} right here, on your user talk page, and ask your question.

Cheers! Chzz ► 17:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Freshstrawberry. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck! Chzz ► 17:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.

Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Freshstrawberry/test.

Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.

When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

-- Chzz ► 17:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Referencing

How references work

Simple references

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:Freshstrawberry/reftest and try it out.

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook>
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> 

Chzz lives 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

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.Obsidi♠n^Soul 13:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

You recently made a submission to Articles for Creation. Your article has been reviewed and declined; it is now located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jasmia Robinson. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. Feel free to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved. (You can do this by adding the text {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the article.) Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Alpha Quadrant ^talk 22:13, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

You recently made a submission to Articles for Creation. Your article has been reviewed and declined; it is now located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jasmia Robinson. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. Feel free to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved. (You can do this by adding the text {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the article.) Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Chevy monte carlo 16:24, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

Jasmia Robinson, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Please continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request.
If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thank you for helping Wikipedia!

I'm Flightx52 and I approve this message 00:58, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to consider viewing this. It may help make your references look a little more unified with the rest of Wikipedia. I'm Flightx52 and I approve this message 01:01, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]