User talk:Saqqara D. Aleister

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Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in Josh Bernstein. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Josh Bernstein

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Hello :-)

It's likely seen that your additions to the article are advertising BOSS. I looked through some of the articles, they are very good (like here). Why is Josh Berstein relevant to your articles at American Chronicle?

You can reply at my talk page, but I'll have this talk page watched as well. I await your reply! :-) Xavexgoem (talk) 13:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, OK. Is there anything in the BOSS section of the article that could be expanded upon and properly cited? The references section is automatically generated from the citations in the article. Focus on how the articles and interviews are relevant to the WP article. Then expand the WP article with the data available in the interviews, and make a citation. The citation will appear in the reference section automatically.
WP:CITE has all the info on how to cite something into the article. If you know Harvard referencing, it's just a matter of putting it in-between <ref></ref> tags. For an article, an example would be:
<ref>Aleister, Saqqara. "Josh Bernstein, Indiana Jones...Doubtful", ''American Chronicle'', November 1, 2007.</ref>
Note the double apostrophes surrounding American Chronicles, which makes any text italic. To make the title a link, you would add:
<ref>Aleister, Saqqara. [http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/41882 "Josh Bernstein, Indiana Jones...Doubtful"], ''American Chronicle'', November 1, 2007.</ref>
which is just square brackets around the URL followed by the title. The end result, is something like this[1] ←that's the citation
It'll be added automatically to the bottom, in the References section, so it looks like this:
  1. ^ Aleister, Saqqara. Josh Bernstein, Indiana Jones...Doubtful, American Chronicle, November 1, 2007.
But do please keep in mind that the introduced text needs to be relevant to the Josh Bernstein article here on WP. The reason sources are added is so the stuff contributed here is verifiable (Wikipedia:Verifiability). Someone might question the reliability of the source (American Chronicle), but I think in this case it's OK. We'll see :-) Xavexgoem (talk) 14:16, 5 June 2008 (UTC) WP:CITE explains many ways to create citations; you don't need to use Harvard citations at all. Infact, you'll see most cites using the {{cite}} template, but that's not intuitive if you already know how to use Harvard or Chicago, et al.

I do not know this Harvard stuff, I have no idea how to do coding and stuff. As far as the source, I'm the source I'm the writier of the articles and I did the interviews with him. I know how to add a link to something but that's about it. :) Not sure I'm into this where people who don't read anything can just remove the stuff that should be there :) Thank YouSaqqara D. Aleister (talk) 14:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

It's not that it shouldn't be there, not at all :-)
I'm thinking what's best is you add information to the article from what you've learned in your interviews. Then add the citation. I have Josh Bernstein on my watchlist, so don't worry about any errors. Be bold! Xavexgoem (talk) 14:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok what do you mean add stuff I've learned? I am SO new to this side of writing, I'm use to just giving it to my editor nd letting them deal LOL Saqqara D. Aleister (talk) 15:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Exactly :-) So long as what you provide to the article can be backed up (e.g., your articles for American Chronicle :-) Xavexgoem (talk) 15:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

So just go in and add something from each article than the link to the article? in the reference section or to each boxed area?Saqqara D. Aleister (talk) 15:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello Saqqara, basically, if all you do is add links to your own articles it is considered spam. If you were to add information to the article though, and this information was something that anyone could have learned from reading your article, then adding a link to your article would be fine. - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:18, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm guess I'll have to read his page here and see what to add and which area is best and figure out how to add the links. This site is so strange and new I need to get used to using it :) Saqqara D. Aleister (talk) 15:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Plenty of places to learn. There's a tutorial link, above (most of those links are good reading). There's also editor adoption to consider. Most of all, wikis almost build themselves: If you make a spelling error, chances are someone will come along and fix it; if you format a citation incorrectly, chances are someone will format it correctly. Xavexgoem (talk) 15:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I like the adoptee idea. Maybe I'll sign up for that while I learn my way around :) Thank YouSaqqara D. Aleister (talk) 15:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)