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August 2007

Thank you for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. -- 80.5.33.29 22:23, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Please do not delete or edit legitimate talk page comments, as you did at Talk:Freddie Mercury. Such edits are disruptive and appear to be vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Gscshoyru 22:25, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

How to...

A source with two authors can be cited like this:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshott_1994">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|1994}}.</nowiki> results in:
  Hutton & Waspshott 1994.

The same format can also be used for three authors etc.:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshottGreen_1994">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|Green|1994}}.</ref> results in:
  Hutton, Waspshott & Green 1994.

When referring to a specific passage, then a page number needs to be provided:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshott_1994_45">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|1994|p=45}}.</ref> results in:
  Hutton & Waspshott 1994, p. 45.

Or to a page range:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshott_1994_45_50">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|1994|pp=45-50}}.</ref> results in:
  Hutton & Waspshott 1994, pp. 45-50.

Or to several different pages that each back up what is being cited:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshott_1994_10_12_14">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|1994|pp=10,12,14}}.</ref> results in:
  Hutton & Waspshott 1994, pp. 10,12,14.

Or to a whole chapter:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshott_1994_ch3">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|1994|loc=chap. 3}}.</ref> results in:
  Hutton & Waspshott 1994, chap. 3.

Or to a picture:

• <ref name="HuttonWaspshott_1994_plX">{{harvnb|Hutton|Waspshott|1994|loc=plate X}}.</ref> results in:
  Hutton & Waspshott 1994, plate X.

Other things you might wish to keep in mind are:

• There should be no whitespace between the preceding word and the <ref ...>
• The citation ends with a '.'
• The name= attribute in the <ref ...> tag denotes the name of the reference; it does not summarize the context in which the reference appears. All <ref>s that refer to the same citation must have the same name= otherwise the article will end up with duplicate or triplicate references to the same work.
• Not a policy on WP, but something you might wish to follow anyway (because it is standard academic practice), for electronic sources that have no page/para numbers, count and then cite the number of the paragraph in which the passage/statement being referred to appears.

I hope that helps. -- 09:59, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

October 2007

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Freddie Mercury. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Misplaced Pages:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. Gscshoyru 20:55, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Freddie Mercury. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Gscshoyru 21:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Freddie Mercury. Doing so violates Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Citing sources does not support "generally disliked," ok? You need someone who's made that analysis, and cite it to say it. Gscshoyru 21:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Please stop

Break it up! If you continue to feud over Freddie Mercury,you will be blocked. This is your first warning.