reference tags

Question

Im working on fixing errors on my profiles  but im not doing a very good job..lol sorry for asking dumb question but how do i fix a missing reference tag I clicked on the little green question thing but im just not getting it...lol sorry

Answer 1

Check that you have a start <ref> and a stop </ref> for each source reference in the biography section. Then check that under the sources heading you have <references />

To make it easier for yourself in the future try using the C (citation) button at the top of the edit box. That sets up the start and stop for you and places the cursor ready to just paste in your source between them.

Comments

I dont know what i did wrong because when i did ..the Sources dont show up on profile except when you click edit

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You need to get rid of the <ref> from all your sources.  They are for putting sources in the biography section.

You would use them if you want to reference a certain source to prove a statement in the biography like:  Joe Brown was born in 1850 <ref> place link to birth certificate here and then </ref> with no space between source and tags.  Notice the end tag has a /

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Can some one look at this profile to see if I did it right please

Barnes-1879

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You are editing while I'm checking the profile and I keep changing my reply, in reference to what I'm seeing at the moment :D  You have deleted the <ref> and it looks fine now

The tags were originally on the statement about your first hand knowledge in the biography, which would make that statement be seen as a reference in the Sources section, but you weren't alive in the 1700's to know this person, so can just delete that statement.