User talk:Ewestlake

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

Hello, Ewestlake, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

The five pillars of Wikipedia
Tutorial
How to edit a page and How to develop articles
How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using 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 ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Mbinebri ^{talk ←} 20:15, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Hello. I see you've been adding some info to articles with bare links as references. Just so you know, this does not add the sources to the references list at the bottom of the page. On either side of the bracketed links you're providing you need to insert the code <ref> and </ref>. Also, add a space directly after the link (but before the ending bracket) and insert a name for the ref, as in the title of the article or publisher. This will create a decent reference. Thanks! Mbinebri ^{talk ←} 20:16, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding bare links to articles as references. I've explained how to insert a basic references—it's not that hard. Mbinebri ^{talk ←} 22:44, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]