User talk:Ratboi21

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up! Kerry (talk) 21:35, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

February 2023[edit]

Hello, I'm Cassiopeia. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Popular entertainment in Brisbane, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Cassiopeia talk 01:00, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you[edit]

For your addition to articles about Queensland topics.

There is just a small problem about adding static partial references.

Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Bassani, Florrie, (contributor.); Liddy, Joan, (contributor.); EBSCOhost (2020), A dictionary of Umpithamu : with notes on Middle Paman, Aboriginal Studies Press, ISBN 978-1-925302-22-6 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Utilising Trove locates the variety of extant items, allocates the relevant isbn and other attributes to the items, and is usually (but not always) more dynamic for the reader to pursue the item...

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/239605173/version/267181318?keyword=Verstraete,%20J.-C.,%20Bassani,%20F.,%20%26%20Liddy%20Joan.%20%282020%29.%20%27%27A%20dictionary%20of%20Umpithamu

If you are not used to pursue Trove - it is well worth reverse engineer an item to see how things work, and it is there as a ready made wikipedia format citation!

Sometimes there are transposing issues things - but both wikipedia and trove have indicators of what needs to be fixed... It is well worth the effort.

JarrahTree 01:23, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also if you are not up with talk page interactions to date, well worth asking help with that, as your contributions are excellent, and there things that might require some clarification... JarrahTree 03:47, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ratboi21! I might be able to explain what JarrahTree is asking you to do more precisely. For example, when you want to cite or add as further reading something in the SLQ catalogue like A dictionary of Umpithamu : with notes on Middle Paman, you would do better to use the Cite option in the SLQ catalogue entry, choosing the Wikipedia format, which will produce this:

Verstraete, J.-C., Bassani, F., Liddy Joan (2020). A dictionary of Umpithamu : with notes on Middle Paman / Jean-Christophe Verstraete ; main language consultants, Florrie Bassani and Joan Liddy. Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN 9781925302219.

which produces a better result. Kerry (talk) 04:46, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks will do Ratboi21 (talk) 02:08, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]