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Intro

4/16/09 I am posting an article on Susan B. Neuman, literacy researcher/educator and Professor of Educational Studies at University of Michigan. Susan Neuman has conducted extensive research in the field of early literacy education and published many books and articles on this topic. She meets noteability guidelines on several levels; most significantly, Neuman served as US Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education during the recent Bush Administration and was responsible for initial implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. I am a "newbie" to WIKI-authoring so I would appeciate support and advice from WIKI-veterans in launching this new piece. --JourneyWomanSLP (talk) 14:03, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

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Note from WhisperToMe

Hi! When you start an alumni section, please add a source that states that the person went to that school. Also if that person doesn't have a Wikipedia article, please add another source that states why the person is notable. Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 08:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

• EDIT: Just realize that there's an article on Eliza. Lemme see if there is a source that states that she went to Emory... WhisperToMe (talk) 08:25, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Help Request

5/5/09 Made some edits to spelling in refs section. This article needs {{help}} with the duplicated references. Not sure how to eliminate the duplicate references. JourneyWomanSLP (talk) 03:58, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi there, and welcome.

I don't know if you are aware, but when you write {{help}}, it calls on helpers to answer your request.

I moved this help request over from Talk:Susan B. Neuman, and I have also split your talk page into sections. In future, you should create a new section to start a new conversation thread, and please use the helpme thing here, on your own talk page.

Now, to answer your question; you need to use 'named references'. For the first instance of a specific reference, you put the full details like this;

<ref name="something"> http://www.google.com/ </ref>

Then, when you want to use the same reference again, you just put;

<ref name="something"/>

Note the /

You do not need to duplicate the information inside the reference, and you do not need a 'closing' /ref tag. Wikipedia will do the rest automatically, listing the reference just once, with numbers.

I will fix up this article for you;

I will add my own tips on referencing below, which should help further. If you need further assistance, please either put another {{helpme}} on this page, in a new section, followed by your question.

Alternatively, you might find it easier (if it works on your computer) to talk to us live.

Best of luck,  Chzz  ►  04:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

When I said, casually, "I'll fix it" - I hadn't actually noticed how big the article was - ie that it had about 70 references! Anyway - I spent about 3 hours doing what I could; I haven't completed it, but I have worked through using named references and adding citation tage.

I hope that, after you read the 'referencing tips' below, you'll be able to look at what I've done and carry on with the improvements.

If you do require further help from me, please ask, and I will do whatver I can, time permitting.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  08:50, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

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 Chzz  ►  03:53, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Tips on referencing

There are lots of ways to do this, some are simple, some more complex.

Personally, I like using citation templates, and fill in as much as I possibly can; maybe a bit more work, but I think it looks better. You have a <REF> at the start, then a suitable cite tag, then </REF>. An example usage is;

<ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Preston
 | first = Peter
 | title = D. H. Lawrence in the modern world
 | last2 = Hoare
 | first2 = Peter
 | author2-link =
 | publication-date = 1989
 | edition = illustrated
 | place = [[Cambridge]], [England]
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J5nRoaOwkPMC&printsec=frontcover#PPA125,M1
 | accessdate = 2008-05-11
}}
</ref>

For all the possible things to include, see Template:Citation

Of course, you don't have to put everything in, just whatever you can. The above example is a book, but I've included a 'convenience link' to a website that displays it.

Then, at the end of the document (but before any 'category' tags), you need a references section. You just put,

== References ==

{{reflist}}

Hard work? - help is at hand. There are lots of tools that create cite tags automagically. Personally, I use Zotero for the web links, and the cite book generator for books.

I also recommend you look at other articles and copy from them - especially featured articles, which should have good refs.

Hope this help, cheers,  Chzz  ►  04:59, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Very minor

Welcome to Wikipedia, I can see you're helping us with a number of useful edits --thank you. Just wanted to mention that you don't need to sign with the four tildes in your edit summaries. They don't format as a signature, instead it just shows four tildes. Other than that, keep up the great work. --Bobak (talk) 16:39, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

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