Talk:Sälen

Local airport info

I added the information about the local airport basing upon the work of our Swedish sister team : https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sälen_Trysil_Airport . But how to make a proper reference in the article? Jan olieslagers (talk) 20:36, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. To insert a reference (footnote), you must first have a valid source (a newspaper article or similar). Then you may follow the instruction here on how to insert the source as a footnote. If the source is online, you should hyperlink it; but off-line sources (like books) are also valid and then you just write the source without hyperlinking. If you are new at this it may be a bit of try and fail, before you get it, but it's easy once you get used to it. Iselilja (talk) 22:07, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for thinking along. I am afraid I did not word my question clearly enough: refererencing an external source is easy and clear, with < ref > < / ref > tags. However I have been repeatedly told that another wikipedia page is not an external reference and should not be mentioned in this way. My question is: what is the correct way to indicate the Swedish wikipedia article as the source for my information? Rgds., Jan olieslagers (talk) 10:04, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't one. Per WP:Circular "Do not use articles from Wikipedia as sources. Also, do not use websites that mirror Wikipedia content or publications that rely on material from Wikipedia as sources."...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:22, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with the comment above. You should use external sources that do not mirror Wikipedia content in any way, not just the content in the English version.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 14:01, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I must admit that all of the above had been patiently explained to me before, only I had apparently forgotten. Thanks for your patience! Jan olieslagers (talk) 16:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]