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Welcome and introduction

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Hi, Wotnoww. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  13:31, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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  • You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.
  • Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.
  • Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup.
  • When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

-- Chzz  ►  13:31, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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How references work

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Simple references

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These require two parts;

a)
Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>
b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";
== References ==
{{reflist}}

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Wotnoww/reftest and try it out.

Named references

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Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook>
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> 

Chzz lives in Footown.<ref name=MyBook/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

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You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.  Chzz  ►  13:31, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've worked on The First Domino quite extensively, following your initial creation - see history.

I've added references inline, removed things I couldn't verify, formatted it, added links, and so forth.

I've also nominated it to appear on the main page in the "Did You Know...?" section - see Template_talk:Did_you_know#The First Domino Template talk:Did you know/The First Domino.

If accepted, it will appear on the main page of Wikipedia at some time (probably within a week or two).

If you have any questions,

The best way to contact Chzz is IRC (text-chat), here  · Second-best is my talk page · Third-best is email Chzz@live.co.uk

Once more - welcome to Wikipedia; I know it can seem daunting at first, but please remember there is plenty of help available. That article was a great start; I hope you'll go on to write and edit many more.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  15:39, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The First Domino

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PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]