Karmon

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Citation

Hey, Karmon. The formality of citation varies a fair amount within Wikipedia, but the key thing to determine when you should cite and when you don't need to is how likely it is that someone will want to confirm the accuracy of the information. I don't think you need to be explicit about the source of non-controversial, factual information ("Betty Bimbo was born in Los Angeles on December 1, 1985"), unless, say, Betty Bimbo's official bio claims she was born in 1985 and a reporter or biographer has claimed that she was actually born in '83 or something. If the information is controversial it's important to say explicitly where you found it ("In an interview with CNN's Aaron Brown, Bimbo claimed that Arnold Schwarzenegger groped her repeatedly during the filming of Explosions and Boobies.") Then you would cite the interview formally in the "References" section.

I hope that's helpful. Does that answer your question? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't know of anything like a "Friends" listing on Wikipedia. You can put people's talk pages on your watchlist, which will record when there's activity on their talk page but won't tell you when they're online. (You can sort-of find that out by going to someone's user page or talk page — for example, User:Josiah Rowe or User talk:Josiah Rowe — and clicking on "User contributions" in the toolbox on the side. It's a bit awkward, but it'll show you the user's edits, from the most recent back.) There might be a better way to do it, but if there is I don't know what it is. Sorry — but I'm glad I was able to help with the other question. (By the way, even if you don't explicitly cite "such-and-such an interview" it wouldn't hurt to put the interview in a "References" or "External links" section at the end of the page anyway.) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:00, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Mougie

I dunno - Her vet paperwork says 'American longhair', which does not mean much since her kitten and our other cat is listed as an 'American shorthair'. --mav 20:17, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

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