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==Welcome to the Fact and Reference Check WikiProject==
Dear new member,
Welcome to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check!
No doubt you're familiar with what our noble (and somewhat lofty!) goal is, and I'm really glad you've decided to help to try and make it a reality. Thank you so much for helping out in our noble cause :)
You might find the biweekly special article interesting. Every fortnight, an otherwise good article that lacks any sources is chosen, and the Fact and Reference Check team works collaboratively to add references to the article. The current biweekly special article is Johann Sebastian Bach.
Two convenient templates for adding references are and . By specifying a footnote name (eg. "which_university"), these templates allow us to link to notes effectively.
For example, if you want to reference which university somebody went to, simply add next to the fact. At the bottom of the page in a seperate "Notes" section, add , and then your website or book. [http://www.qwikly.com/WikiBib.html Wikibib] can be used for generating correctly-styled references. Titan (moon) is a good example of a nicely referenced article.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check. You can also [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Frazzydee&action=edit§ion=new contact me personally]. Thanks for joining, and taking the time to read this!
— User:Frazzydee|User talk:Frazzydee 01:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:You're right— it should have been one ref. I've made the change as you suggested. Actually I think that Bach has been the biweekly special article for way too long (must've been at least a month now!), so I'll probably change that soon. -User:Frazzydee|User talk:Frazzydee 19:49, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== My RFA ==
Thank you for supporting my RFA. User:Guettarda 00:21, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
==Templates as communication tools==
I was just thinking about that! Thanks for clueing in me in about the subst: keyword. I think that was what I really should have used. It fetches a one-time, static copy of the boilerplate text.
The problem with using a template for this is:
*It fetches a "live copy", and if the template is edited, the changes to the template are reflected on every page that employs the template.
Thanks for catching this. User:Ed Pooruser talk:Ed Poor 11:36, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
I'm the webmaster for another wiki, and I pioneered the combination of templates and headers to facilitate editable sections. It's not used in the English Wikipedia (yet), as far as I know. But try this out:
== Schiavo burial ==
Actually my "''very nicely put''" wasn't directed at your edit, although yours tidied up the section nicely. I was commenting on the engraving Michael had done for the plaque. And as I said, it was more elegant than what I would have done. Those ashes would have been in an urn on my mantle for many, many years. User:Duckecho 13:32, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
==Giggles==
I probably should not be posting this, but seeing ''(missing period (You can help!))'' as an edit summary is just too hilarious (in a certain perverted kind of way) to pass by without making a comment :))—User:Ezhiki 13:33, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
Viriditas
Viriditas is a word used by abbess Hildegard von Bingen, by Pope Gregory I, and by science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. Its meaning as used by the former two is unclear. The latter uses it to mean "the green force of life, expanding into the Universe".
It is also a brand of soap.
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