User talk:Catarina a fera

Hello, Catarina a fera, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or or by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! SwisterTwister talk 04:16, 26 August 2012 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Simplified Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Join a WikiProject Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

Ref tags

The note you are referring to is called a reference tag, you may view the reference itself if you click "edit". When the reference has been added, it will appear at the reflist (a collection of all the article's references). The simplest way to add a ref tag would be <ref> URL and URL title</ref>.

However, users are encouraged to use inline citations which are details such as the link's journalist(s), publisher, date and access date. An example of access date is that you found a web link from August 2005 to add as a reference, you would add the current day to the "access date" section. To add inline citations, you may use the following for a website reference:

{{cite web | url= | title = | date = | publisher = | accessdate = }}</ref>

If you were citing a news article, you would simply change "cite web" to "cite news". Inline citations are useful if the page became a dead link due to the page's deletion or move.

Another equivalent to using the tag above would be: <ref>Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 27 October 2005.</ref>

and it would appear as ​Plunkett, John. "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying", The Guardian, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 27 October 2005.​ at the reference list.

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