Handy1965

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Hello, Handy1965, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! John from Idegon (talk) 21:46, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

April 2019

Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Westminster, Colorado. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Your edit is in violation of the section of our Manual of Style on external links. Also, the way you responded to having your edit reverted was not appropriate. Your work will be reviewed by your peers. If there are problems with it, the reviewing editor will revert your change. You then discuss the issue and after you've reached a consensus, only then may you replace your edit in the agreed upon form. See WP:BRD. I'm guessing you intended the link you added to be a reference. I'll leave you instructions on that. However the term "extensive" cannot be referenced to the subject of the article. A secondary source would have to be quoted for that (it's an opinion, not a fact). Also, properly formatted references go at the end of the sentence they are referencing, immediately after the period. John from Idegon (talk) 22:29, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Adding references can be easy

Just follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 as shown and fill in the details

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
2. Then click on "Templates".
3. Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
4. Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
5. Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
6. Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.

• Before clicking on Publish changes, check that a References header   ==References==   is near the end of the article.
• And check that   {{Reflist}}    is directly underneath that header.

7.  Click on Publish changes. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 22:31, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

• To use this message, place {{subst:User:Shearonink/ref}} on User:talk pages when needed.