User talk:Diltsgd

Southern Claims Commission[edit]

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Citing Wikipedia on Wikipedia?[edit]

{{help me}}The notice above warns that I did a "not accepted practice." Thanks for helping me learn how to do this better. I'm just not clear whether the error was using Wikipedia as a source, or was the error the way in which I cited it? Could someone please cite me chapter and verse in the MOS or where ever it is explained what exactly I did wrong so I can learn to be more acceptable. Thanks, Diltsgd (talk) 22:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at WP:REF. --The New Mikemoral ♪♫ 22:26, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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(edit conflict)I assume you mean the CorenSearchBot warning? It says taht you copy-pasted stuff from another place, generall a copyright violation. But if you copied it from Wikipedia, that's not. But, per WP:RS, Wikipedia is not a reliable source. fetchcomms☛ 22:27, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The best way is to use inline citations, with the <ref> tags, which is explained at WP:REF as Mike gave you. fetchcomms☛ 22:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No I'm sure they meant the message in italics from User:BusterD above. Diltsgd, please read WP:PRIMARY as well as WP:REF. And to answer your question, yes the error was using Wikipedia as a source. -- œ ^™ 22:32, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats[edit]

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		For making some great additions to Wikipedia and helping to establish its confluence with the larger web of knowledge. Keep up the good work! —Eustress ^talk 21:00, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Family History Research Wiki[edit]

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