User talk:CherryFlavoredAntacid

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[edit] Toupee

Have you seen the debate going on over the "list of known toupee wearers"? Please weigh in on it if you can. Now that it doesn't violate BLP anymore, it's just WP:TRIVIA. VanTucky 22:48, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 27 Club

Thanks to answer me. I'm a beginner in wikipedia. I don't know much how to use this, so thanks to edit the page of 27 club and put my information there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.193.24.202 (talk) 16:24, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfC Janis Joplin

I put in a request for comment on the section currently titled "Very Different From Hippies and Grateful Dead Fans" due to the reversions by the section's author. I have added a POV tag, the RfC and also reported him for 3RR violation due to the arbitrariness of his stance. If you care to, would you check the talk section and the section in question and add your comments? Thanks! Wildhartlivie 07:19, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AlexNewArtBot's AlbumSearchResult

Hi Cherry, and thanks for helping chip away at the rock face of AlexNewArtBot's AlbumSearchResult pages. That list can get somewhat monolithic, so help is much appreciated. Keep up the good work. tomasz. 16:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi, I read your userpage and you wrote that you don't know how to cite things? Would you like any help? :-) ScarianTalk 09:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, what are you looking to cite? Websites are the easiest <ref>[www.whatever.com Name of website/Or short description] retrieved 27th November 2007</ref>. Always remember to put a space between the weblink thingy and the description. So that's basically how you cite webpages. It might seem difficult at the start but once you get using it often it becomes second nature :-)
It doesn't matter if you get it wrong or whatever; no one learnt anything by not making mistakes.
Were you more looking to cite books?
Bah! I'm sorry if it was confusing. I'm a crappy teacher. Hope you're well, "Warm milk and laxatives". :-) ScarianTalk 18:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm a big fan too :-) Just thought I'd let you know that someone gets it. Sorry I didn't reply for a while, I got a phone call [You didn't need to know that but I just thought I'd tell you just so I sound important :-D]. Okay, I'll tell you how to cite books just as soon as I remember myself! ScarianTalk 20:24, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, citing books is pretty simple too. This template: {{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= }}. If you basically fill in the info that you want (or delete the sections that you don't want), it'll come up as a citation. It's much harder to remember than citing a website. But, "all in all" [I really gotta stop quoting lyrics], practice makes perfect. You'll get the jist of it if you keep using it. Template:Cite book - if you wanna read more.
Sorry I couldn't be of much help this time.
If you need me for anything else just message me :-) Have a great day! ScarianTalk 20:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

"last=" - surname of author "first=" - first name of author. I don't think you can cite the page no. with that template. I think it just points out to the reader that it's actually inside that book [Which isn't actually any good, to be honest, is it?]. No worries. What article are you thinking of working on? ScarianTalk 20:39, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Yup.
{{cite book | last = Mumford | first = David | authorlink = David Mumford | title = The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes | publisher = [[Springer-Verlag]] | series = Lecture notes in mathematics 1358 | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1007/b62130 | isbn = 354063293X }}
Above is an example of what sorta stuff should go where. I actually think that sort of template should go in the notes/references section in general. I don't think I've shown you the right template for citing individual statements.
[Told you I am a crap teacher. Gimme 2 mins and I'll see if I have done it right]. ScarianTalk 20:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor = | others = | title = | origdate = | origyear = | origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | series = | date = | year = | month = | publisher = | location = | language = | isbn = | oclc = | doi = | id = | pages = | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = | ref = }} Delete the sections that you don't need and you'll have your book cite :-) - btw, sorry I keep screwing up :-D - that template has a page number reference btw, so you can add the page in. ScarianTalk 20:50, 27 November 2007 (UTC) }}

Be full of questions all you want! I have nothing better to do (Well... I do... but you're a Nirvana fan, ergo better than most things on the planet).
Okay, ISBN, that's pretty standard... it should be on the back of your book in big numbers [possibly close to the barcode]... that needs to be written in.
I reckon you could scrap all of them except "first, last, chapter, page, title, authorlink" ...basically you just delete all of the other sections except those and just fill in the blanks.
Btw, you're right about the "authorlink" thing... only fill that in if the author is notable enough for his/her own article :-)
And, yup, the "quote" section is quoting material directly from the book. But that be done by just putting quote marks around the text in the prose "My name is Pat" (book citation right here). :-)
If you need any more help don't be afraid to ask! ScarianTalk 21:10, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Ja, no worries. Have a nice time. ScarianTalk 21:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)