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Trying to write an article to put on Wiki -I have never done this before and all of the directions are making my head spin (I'm a Luddite!) I have the article written in my sandbox. I have pertinent words properly going to their links, how do I:

  1. put reference links at the bottom of the page and
  2. insert a photograph and
  3. post the finished article/entry?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by BeatrixZ (talkcontribs) 01:45, 4 February 2016‎ (UTC)[reply]

Okay, there are a few things here, hopefully I can get them all in one shot.
  • First off, I would highly suggest reading through the Tutorial, which has quite a lot of helpful information about a wide variety of topics.
  • Regarding references, I suggest WP:REFB (especially section 3.1).
  • See WP:IMAGE for information about putting pictures into a page.
  • Finally, since you haven't actually put much more than a title into your sandbox, I would suggest using the Article Wizard to create a Draft page, which will have a lot of extra tips and useful stuff for creating your draft. This draft will then be reviewed by experienced editors who will give feedback (if necessary).
As a small note, sign your comments with ~~~~ (I believe you used ````, which is wrong). If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 02:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Book typo

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Not sure what was meant by "converted book". Is this a typo? --Myoglobin (talk) 03:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)Myoglobin[reply]

Myoglobin Don't think so, it was published as a conventional book and has been converted to a set of editable Wikipedia pages. More in this article: Wikipedia – The Missing Manual: Noyster (talk), 10:38, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps this could be re-worded to make this point more clear? I certainly didn't understand it the first time. Perhaps something like ", A book first published in print but then added to Wikipedia,".
It might be better to leave this part out since the point is to make new users aware of the book, leaving the book's page to explain its own history.
Myoglobin (talk) 14:14, 12 March 2016 (UTC)Myoglobin[reply]