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September 2013

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Ed Polcer may have broken the syntax by modifying 4 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 19:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Ed Polcer may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:

• Feather]] and [[Ira Gitler]], [{{Encyclopedia of Jazz in the '70s]}}, pg. 275, Horizon Press NY]
• *[{{Guiness Who's Who of Jazz]}}, 1992, ed: Colin Larkin, pg. 323]

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 04:22, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Ed Polcer, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 14:26, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Technopat. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Ed Polcer, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Technopat (talk) 14:41, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you for your note. I'm not sure what your exact doubt is, but basically, if you want to add a reference as an inline citation, you do it like this (simplified, "manual" version): <ref>author + book/article title + publisher</ref> or, if it's an online source, like this: <ref>author + [url + book/article title] + name of website + date accessed)</ref> and put it immediately after (don't leave a space) the item you want to reference or immediately after the following punctuation mark in the sentence. It then gets placed in the references section automatically. But don't forget that the best thing is to use the preview function before you save your edit as you can see if yout edit has worked correctly or if you need to modify it.

For example, if the source you want to use as a reference is the article "Technopat tries to help Singdance10 with references", written by John Smith, and published in The Guardian of 21 September 2013 and you have accessed it at the Guardian's website that same day, you would add it like this:

... and it worked!<ref>Smith, John. [http://... "Technopat tries to help Singdance10 with references", 21 September 2013.] ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved on 21 September 2013.</ref>

Assuming that the Wikipedia page you want to edit already has a reference section – if it hasn't, you'll have to add it – like this (as seen in edit mode):
==References==
{{Reflist}}

when saved (and previewed), your reference appears automatically in that section as:

^ Smith, John. "Technopat tries to help Singdance10 with references", 21 September 2013. The Guardian. Retrieved on 21 September 2013.

but with the title of the article also as a blue link. The place where you have left the reference in the text will appear like this:

... and it worked!⁴ (or whatever number (as a blue link) it is automatically given).

Hope that's clear enough. If not, let me know and I can help you add the reference you want and you copy what I do. Regards, --Technopat (talk) 22:58, 20 September 2013 (UTC)