User talk:Jerrypp772000

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[edit] Request for Arbitration

I have filed a Request for arbitration as a third person (since I'm barely involved in political issues this past month). As one of the involving parties, you are free to post your own statements there. Remember, however, that it does not serve as a certificate of me supporting your stand. Regards, Vic226 09:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Referencing styles

Hi,

(re: Talk:Taiwanese aborigines)

There are notes and references, but I believe the refs are all in only one style. If you see probs, I'd be grateful for examples... thanks! --Ling.Nut 20:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks for your help! You may be right; GA and FA reviewers may ding us on this score... but I don't think so.. we'll see... thanks again! --Ling.Nut 21:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Wow, you're asking a short question with an extrememly long answer! It is a bit confusing.
  • In publications printed on paper (or similar media), Notes can be either endnotes or footnotes...
  • Footnotes are given at the bottom of the page that the information they discuss is on.. and endnotes are given at the end of the article..
  • But Wikipedia articles do not have pages. Each article is all on one page... so what we call footnotes are actually endnotes (!) since they appear at the end! But never mind that. Call them footnotes, in the context of Wikipedia (and the Internet in general).
  • There is a difference between a footnote and the footnote style.
  • Footnotes are always in footnote style. In fact, the name of the style comes from the fact that it is the style used for... footnotes. :-)
  • References' can be provided in various styles, including MLA, APA, LSA, Harvard, Chicago..... and in the same style used for footnotes.
  • But references and footnotes are not, technically, the same thing.
  • I'm sure that was confusing. It helps to get some journals (or articles published online; there are countless numbers of those) and actually look at the notes, references, etc. to see what I mean..
  • Later! --Ling.Nut 22:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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