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Hello, Rocketproppeled, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Glasgow Prestwick Airport did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need personal help ask me on my talk page, or . Again, welcome.  10mmsocket (talk) 21:29, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Take a look at the "introduction to referencing" link above and get familiar with how to create references. You might want to look at the page source for the airport article to see how others have done the referencing. And of course you are welcome to ask for help. Remember WP:BURDEN means it's up to you, not other people, to supply references when you add content. Happy editing! 10mmsocket (talk) 21:35, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Im struggling to find how to add references is there any way you could walk me through it? I’m on mobile if that makes it any harder. Rocketproppeled (talk) 06:41, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

A few steps:

• Take a look at {{cite news}} and read it
• Take any BBC article and look at it
  • The url= parameter will be the https address of the article. If you're reading via the news app then you'll need to hit the share button to copy the URL
  • The title= parameter is easy - it's the title of the article at the top
  • The work= parameter is "BBC News"
  • The date= parameter is the date of the news article - typically at the top of the page
  • The access-date= parameter is today's date.
• So, assuming we are reading this BBC News article about Tom Hanks then
  • url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65404525
  • title= Tom Hanks' debut novel lifts lid on movie industry, and his on-set behaviour
  • work= BBC News
  • date = 9 May 2023
  • access-date = 9 May 2023
• If you want to get advanced, then because this article has a named author you could add
  • first1 = Rebecca
  • last1 = Jones

Now, bring all that together and you get <ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65404525 | title= Tom Hanks' debut novel lifts lid on movie industry, and his on-set behaviour | work= BBC News | date = 9 May 2023 | access-date = 9 May 2023 | first1 = Rebecca | last1 = Jones}}</ref>

Hope that makes sense? Mobile does make it more difficult, yes, but not impossible. But using a mobile is not an excuse for not doing references. It's not optional. 10mmsocket (talk) 07:00, 9 May 2023 (UTC)