User talk:Upper lima 65

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January 2013[edit]

Hello Upper lima 65, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 21:55, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Citing book sources[edit]

We need author, title, publisher, year, page number (vital) and preferably ISBN number. If you look at the menu above this edit window where I'm typing, at the write there's a drop down that says cite. If you click so the arrow is pointing down, the Templates drop down on the left offers you templates for sources. Click on 'cite book', and then you need to click on 'show extra fields so you can add the page number. That's vital so people can check your source, which may not be available on the web. If it's Gbooks and you can see a preview, add the url. And please, never rely on snippets as they lack context - the bit you can't see might say 'of course, that's all wrong'. Dougweller (talk) 22:03, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Last few days for step two of Jerusalem RfC discussion[edit]

Hi there. This is just a quick message to let you know that unless there is significant ongoing discussion, I intend to wrap up step two in a few days, probably on Thursday ~~31st~~ 28th February. I invite you to have a look at the discussion there, especially at question five where I have just asked a question for all participants. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 13:41, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jerusalem RfC discussion: step three[edit]

Hello all. We have finally reached step three in the Jerusalem RfC discussion. In this step we are going to decide the exact text of the various drafts and the general questions. We are also going to prepare a summary of the various positions on the dispute outlined in reliable sources, per the result of question nine in step two. I have left questions for you all to answer at the discussion page, and I'd be grateful for your input there. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 08:53, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! There is a DR/N request you may have interest in.[edit]

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