User talk:Oiving

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Shipwrecks[edit]

You are doing great work on WWI shipwrecks! Would you be able to use {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}} (whichever is appropriate) for the references? Mjroots (talk) 20:30, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback! Sorry I did not see it earlier. I am not familiar with the {{cite book}} syntax so I need to read up on that. Seems a bit complicated - I am a slow learner... I stop where I am (dec 1917) until I have a better citation for the book. (On the other hand, I am busy finalizing a huge pdf copy of that official 1921 book [CC-old] for upload to Wikimedia, so in a short while I will have to redo all the references anyway...) Oiving (talk) 08:44, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If the book is available online, just add the |url= parameter to the template and add the url. Mjroots (talk) 17:04, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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List of shipwrecks in December 1916

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List of shipwrecks in January 1915

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List of shipwrecks in 1919

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List of shipwrecks in April 1915

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List of shipwrecks in September 1915

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List of shipwrecks in September 1916

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All fixed except Rauma. Mjroots (talk) 16:52, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to Mjroots! I think I have covered the remaining Rauma's... Oiving (talk) 08:57, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Both Hull links are now fixed.Oiving (talk) 18:11, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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