User talk:JohnMie

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what is is considered an "essay" and why is this article considered as such? JohnMie (talk) 20:59, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:No original research, one of our key content policies. JohnCD (talk) 21:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)

It means, it is written like a personal reflection or essay and may require cleanup, because it is not in an encyclopedic style.

Articles need to state Encyclopaedic facts, with a reference to a reliable source directly after each fact.

We do not do original research.

The article contains vague terms, and opinion, rather than factual statements.

I suggest you look at a few featured articles or good articles, to get the idea of appropriate tone to use.

Please check some of those links, but if it is not clear, ask again and I could give specific examples. Cheers, Chzz ► 21:11, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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:JohnMie/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. Chzz ► 21:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]