User talk:Neha Erasmus

Hi,

great work on the profiles.

a couple of formatting tip[s:

No need to use the | in references - just leave a space between the URL and the title. Also, the ^[1] formatting needs to include a different label or number in each ref.

Eg ^[2], ^[3] etc and then the corresponding title at the bottom:

eg ^ and ^

I have edited the Keith Hellawell page to show how it works...

Any queries, just ask me a question on my talk page: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/User_talk:David Thanks

--David 12:07, 30 Jul 2007 (BST)

Hi,

I should have said: Can you make sure that the label on the ref and note formatting is differeint froeach reference? eg, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc rather than 1, 1,1, 1

And can you make sure that the ref order in the text eg, 1, 2, 3, 4 is the same order at the bottom eg 1, 2, 3, 4 (or alternatively if it is 5, 6, 2, 1 in the text it should be the same at the bottom.

Am I explaining this well enough?

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--David 14:22, 31 Jul 2007 (BST)

Hi, yes you can email on davidmiller@strath.ac.uk

--David 15:46, 31 Jul 2007 (BST)

Hi,

just came across this: 'Harold Hongju Koh needs references (edited and referenced version available but unable to make any changes to article, please assist - Neha)] - what seems to be the problem? It seems to work for me?

--David 00:48, 1 Aug 2007 (BST)

Hi,

just a note on Red star research. All the material that we have taken from them is likely to be removed from the web shortly. Plus it is not really a source. Can you try and source the details from other places?

thanks

--David 18:28, 3 September 2007 (BST)

Do not use SW as a reference

Hi Neha;

I notice that you have entered quite a few references to articles. Although I applaud this effort, I am afraid that entering SourceWatch/Wikipedia etc. as a source/reference is not valid or acceptable. Here is why:

1. Several articles were simply ported from SW to Spin*... This is OK, but what is not acceptable is to put SW as the source of the material. SW is a tertiary source just like Spin*, and thus this referencing is not legitimate. I have a suspicion that in an academic setting this would cause quite a few problems, and similarly it should cause problems for Spin*.
2. If the SW material doesnt have a requisite source, then the same material in Spin* has the same problem of sourcing.

I would urge caution in using Google to determine sources -- if one lands in a compilation wiki database like SW, or a blog, then one hasnt obtained a valid source.

Kind rgds Paulo