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trying to add reference
I only see only error message, which has renamed my ref#2 as ref#0. I read the help for beginners to no avail. If you can't fix this
Here's the reference to a journal article in the UCB library scanned by Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/promamerinter00hepbrich/page/n3/mode/2up
"Prominent Americans interested in Japan and prominent Japanese in America" 90-91. Japan and America, January 1903.
I'm just trying to give credit to the donor of a prominent Boston landmark. Thanks, EJR ElizaJRich (talk) 17:08, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- @ElizaJRich: Assuming that you mean Japanese Lantern (Boston), you need to put the reference after the text that it supports, and not in the References section. See Help:Referencing for beginners. By the way, this is not a good place to ask for help - it is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Help:Cite errors. Better places would be Wikipedia:Teahouse or Wikipedia:Help desk. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:51, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. I read the instructions for beginners again and used only the superscripts, but now they don't show in the References list. I will try the Help Desk. Thanks for your efforts to improve the documentation, which is complex for an occasional user who is just trying to rectify the record. ElizaJRich (talk) 13:17, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- @ElizaJRich: I think that Another Believer (talk · contribs) fixed it with this edit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 13:47, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. I read the instructions for beginners again and used only the superscripts, but now they don't show in the References list. I will try the Help Desk. Thanks for your efforts to improve the documentation, which is complex for an occasional user who is just trying to rectify the record. ElizaJRich (talk) 13:17, 3 May 2025 (UTC)