User talk:The.Filsouf/adoption

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Adoption

You appear to have been on Wikipedia for some time, so I'm slightly confused as to why you need adoption. Nevertheless, what exactly are you looking for with your adoption? What areas are you struggling with? I'll see if I can help out. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

Thanks for your message. You are correct, I've been a member for some time but not seriously. Recently I've decided that I want to be more active and I am building up a collection of articles that are relevant to my interests, which I want to contribute to. But I am strugging with finding out how to do basic things sometimes like best ways to add referencing, create galleries, etc. I thought maybe by joining the adoption thing I would feel more comfortably just asking them from someone without bothering them too much. I think I would pick up things pretty quickly after a short while. I hope that makes sense? Cheers --The.Filsouf (talk) 18:06, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Yep, that sort of thing I'm pretty certain I can help out with. I'm online almost constantly on all days (barring every second Friday and every Saturday). I have just taken on another adoptee (my first) but I'm reasonably confident I can cope with two people at once. If not, I'll find a co-adopter for one or both of you. So, do you want me to adopt you? --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 18:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

How nice of you, yes, that would be great. By the way, I have had some training in counselling if you would like to chat sometime please let me know (about your recent loss?), I can give you my skype. Thanks, --The.Filsouf (talk) 18:39, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the offer, but no. I'm over it. It's only on now because I keep forgetting to remove it. I'll set up the stuff for your adoption now and report back when it's done. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 18:43, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Questions

26 November 2009

Place your questions here under new level four headers based on the date you asked the question (if the discussion spans multiple days, leave the header the same). --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:20, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

2 December 2009

Hi, I have a few Qs I was hoping to get help with:

• what template should I use for adding references to articles? In real life, I am most familiar with APA style and want to use that if possible
• what gallery template do you recommend?
• what templates should I use to add "citation/source/reference is needed" to a claim I think doesn't make sense?

Thanks, --The.Filsouf (talk) 20:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

To answer in order:

• It depends on where the information comes from. For online content, the most common, it is {{cite web}}. The second most common (in the articles I edit, anyway) is {{cite journal}}. A full list can be found here. Let me know if you have any trouble with them.
• Gallery template? I don't generally have much to do with pictures, but I can bludgeon problems better well. What context is it in? What article is it for?
• If you need a citation for a specific statement, use {{citation needed|date=December 2009}}. If it's an entire article at issue rather than a sentence here or there, see here for the list of them. Again, if you have any trouble with them, simply ask. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 20:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)