Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates: Revision history

1 March 2025

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19 May 2023

• curprev 05:3705:37, 19 May 2023 Cedar101 talk contribs 3,062 bytes +52 syntaxhighlight undo

8 June 2022

• curprev 03:0903:09, 8 June 2022 Smasongarrison talk contribs m 3,010 bytes −52 →top: url trimming of identifying info per WP:LINKSTOAVOID and Citation Style undo Tag: AWB

14 November 2021

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23 October 2020

• curprev 09:1209:12, 23 October 2020 Neils51 talk contribs 3,065 bytes +4 alias not preferred undo

27 April 2020

• curprev 19:4919:49, 27 April 2020 ArnoldReinhold talk contribs 3,061 bytes +66 link to Citation quick reference instead of full list undo

29 January 2020

• curprev 09:1109:11, 29 January 2020 Jason Quinn talk contribs 2,995 bytes +35 wikilink for cite news undo
• curprev 02:4902:49, 29 January 2020 Jason Quinn talk contribs 2,960 bytes −4 grammar fix... "The the" undo
• curprev 02:3702:37, 29 January 2020 Jason Quinn talk contribs 2,964 bytes +808 completely reworked... better example with explainations better matching how things works undo

25 March 2019

• curprev 23:2023:20, 25 March 2019 Shellwood talk contribs m 2,156 bytes +142 Reverted edits by 2600:6C51:7B7F:FF8F:5164:877E:48E6:EFE1 (talk) (HG) (3.4.6) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
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29 September 2017

• curprev 11:4411:44, 29 September 2017 Deisenbe talk contribs 2,156 bytes −32 Made intro sentence say this is for a newspaper citation; moved link to Citation templates there undo
• curprev 11:3911:39, 29 September 2017 Deisenbe talk contribs 2,188 bytes +67 Improved further help reference; made one line non-printing as I can not see how it helps. undo

22 April 2017

• curprev 07:4207:42, 22 April 2017 Moxy talk contribs 2,121 bytes −1 Ce undo

21 April 2017

• curprev 22:2622:26, 21 April 2017 Moxy talk contribs 2,122 bytes +59 *Template:Editors tools—{{tl|Editors tools}} undo

23 May 2016

• curprev 17:3617:36, 23 May 2016 Tomwsulcer talk contribs 2,063 bytes −1,288 Simplifying -- this should be an easy how-to, only most basic stuff; readers can find more detailed methods elsewhere undo

21 May 2015

• curprev 00:1300:13, 21 May 2015 Fuhghettaboutit talk contribs 3,351 bytes −2 fix undo
• curprev 00:1200:12, 21 May 2015 Fuhghettaboutit talk contribs 3,353 bytes +70 tweaks undo

20 May 2015

• curprev 22:0922:09, 20 May 2015 Fuhghettaboutit talk contribs 3,283 bytes +657 copyedit undo

14 May 2013

• curprev 09:0409:04, 14 May 2013 Gadget850 talk contribs m 2,626 bytes −61 how to undo
• curprev 08:5808:58, 14 May 2013 Gadget850 talk contribs m 2,687 bytes 0 Gadget850 moved page Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners with citation templates to Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates: help page undo

14 November 2012

• curprev 23:2023:20, 14 November 2012 Jc3s5h talk contribs 2,687 bytes +27 Citation bot should not be allowed anywhere near citation examples. undo
• curprev 23:1823:18, 14 November 2012 Jc3s5h talk contribs 2,660 bytes +338 Undid revision 523064308 by Citation bot (talk). This bot should not be active outside article space. undo
• curprev 22:5922:59, 14 November 2012 Citation bot talk contribs m 2,322 bytes −338 [419]Combined duplicate references. | Fulleraaron undo

11 August 2012

• curprev 19:2219:22, 11 August 2012 Tomwsulcer talk contribs 2,660 bytes −1,243 rm repetition & extraneous wording; tighten, simplify; hone undo

23 July 2012

• curprev 15:0415:04, 23 July 2012 Benzband talk contribs 3,903 bytes −57 Reverted good faith edits by Amandachoctaw (talk). - TW undo
• curprev 14:4814:48, 23 July 2012 Amandachoctaw talk contribs 3,960 bytes +57 No edit summary undo

10 February 2012

• curprev 15:0015:00, 10 February 2012 Gadget850 talk contribs 3,903 bytes −359 Further information: in {{Wikipedia referencing}} undo
• curprev 14:4714:47, 10 February 2012 Gadget850 talk contribs 4,262 bytes −803 external links: in Wikipedia:Citation tools; {{Referencing help}} in {{Wikipedia referencing}} undo

8 February 2012

• curprev 18:0718:07, 8 February 2012 Gadget850 talk contribs 5,065 bytes −1,105 Cleaned up markup; navbox undo

29 January 2012

• curprev 02:0202:02, 29 January 2012 Tomwsulcer talk contribs 6,170 bytes −126 fixing the actual reference so it matches the text in the nowiki reference -- trust me undo

22 January 2012

• curprev 01:0401:04, 22 January 2012 Moxy talk contribs 6,296 bytes −67 →External links: ce 2 are the same undo
• curprev 01:0301:03, 22 January 2012 Moxy talk contribs 6,363 bytes +634 →External links: update undo

30 April 2011

• curprev 22:0622:06, 30 April 2011 Gadget850 talk contribs 5,729 bytes −158 {{Referencing help}} undo

6 April 2011

• curprev 13:0813:08, 6 April 2011 Alarics talk contribs 5,887 bytes +500 Corrected completely wrong information about using "cite news" undo

19 March 2011

• curprev 12:4212:42, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 5,387 bytes +453 this part was removed by user:Tomwsulcer as "fluff" on 21 January 2010, but it's actually a legitimate concern undo
• curprev 12:3812:38, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 4,934 bytes +164 the example failed to render for me, moved it away and made it a bit more explicit undo
• curprev 12:3012:30, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 4,770 bytes −66 hardly a common issue - remove excess editorializing undo
• curprev 12:2812:28, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 4,836 bytes −19 use {{see also}} undo
• curprev 12:2012:20, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 4,855 bytes +214 explain how field names are fixed - so beginners don't try to e.g. uppercase them or similar undo
• curprev 12:1412:14, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 4,641 bytes −61 what does this sentence even mean? undo
• curprev 12:1112:11, 19 March 2011 Joy talk contribs 4,702 bytes +65 clarify nutshell undo

14 March 2011

• curprev 18:3118:31, 14 March 2011 Jc3s5h talk contribs 4,637 bytes −255 Undid revision 418817504 by 94.208.137.85 (talk). Out of place gibberish undo
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24 January 2010

• curprev 00:3900:39, 24 January 2010 Tomwsulcer talk contribs m 4,637 bytes +24 tweak hatnote undo
• curprev 00:3800:38, 24 January 2010 Tomwsulcer talk contribs 4,613 bytes +29 Copyedit to make it nicer sounding undo

23 January 2010

• curprev 23:5923:59, 23 January 2010 SlimVirgin talk contribs 4,584 bytes +405 two people disagree; please discuss on talk undo
• curprev 23:5423:54, 23 January 2010 Tomwsulcer talk contribs 4,179 bytes −405 remove off-topic material; this is a how-to guide; battling over citation methods belongs on parent articles not here undo