User talk:Struvite

Insectivora

Insectivora is defunct. Wikipedia follows Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed, 2005). You can browse it at www.bucknell.edu/msw and see that there is no longer an Insectivora order. - UtherSRG (talk) 00:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Struvite. 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 ► 03:37, 8 March 2010 (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:Struvite/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 ► 03:37, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit request

I have completed your edit request. Thanks for your contributions, and welcome. Please look over my changes and ensure that the changes made are in line with what you desired. Happy editing! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 06:41, 8 March 2010 (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:Struvite/reftest and try it out.

Named references

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

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 ► 03:06, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Linking

You link to other articles by putting double square brackets around the word, for example, [[sausage]] will link to the article of that name, like this: sausage.

Sometimes, you need to change the text that is linked; for example, He lived in [[Newtown, Powys|Newtown]]. - that links the word "Newtown" to the article entitled "Newtown, Powys"; it looks like this: He lived in Newtown.

Chzz ► 03:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re. confirmed status

About this 'autoconfirmed' lark;

Normally, you have to wait 4 days and make 10 edits - but, in your case, it's pretty clear that you're not a vandal - thus, I asked a friendly admin to set you as confirmed, and it's done.

You can now edit semi-protected articles, and you can move pages. Cheers, Chzz ► 03:23, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]