My name is Ben. When I joined WP in 2006, I decided to take as a pseudonym the name of a character from The Goon Show. This was mainly to preserve my anonymity so that students I teach couldn't Wikistalk me even if they wished to. I have now decided to put my name down here should anyone care about these sort of things.

I have a sub-page which will link to any projects I'm working on:

User:Major_Bloodnok/Projects


This user is a participant in WikiProject History.
This user teaches at a secondary school.
As a teacher of history, this user is aware that our clocks are ticking.


Useful Wikimarkup:

Shortened footnote: ((sfn)) or ((harvnb))

See also: Wikipedia:Citing sources § Shortened footnotes

Template ((harvnb)) inside a <ref> span can be used to create an author-date citation in footnote that is linked to the full citation at the bottom of the article. Template((sfn)) has the same effect and it also combines identical footnotes automatically.

Markup Result 
Article text.((sfn|Smith|2007|p=25))
More article text.((sfn|Smith|2007|p=25))
Still more article text.((sfn|Smith|2007|p=26))

== Notes ==
((reflist))

== References ==
* ((cite book
  | ref = harv
  | last = Smith | first = John
  | year = 2007
  | title = Smith's Book
))
Article text.[1] More article text.[1] Still more article text.[2]


Notes
  1. ^ a b Smith 2007, p. 25.
  2. ^ Smith 2007, p. 26.
References
  • Smith, John (2007). Smith's Book.
Article text.<ref name=Smith2008p25>
((harvnb|Smith|2008|p=25)).</ref>
More article text.<ref name=Smith2008p25>
((harvnb|Smith|2008|p=25)).</ref>
Still more article text.<ref>
((harvnb|Smith|2008|p=26)).</ref>

== Notes ==
((reflist))

== References ==
* ((cite book
  | ref = harv
  | last = Smith | first = John
  | year = 2008
  | title = Smith's Book
))
Article text.[1] More article text.[1] Still more article text.[2]


Notes
  1. ^ a b Smith 2008, p. 25.
  2. ^ Smith 2008, p. 26.
References
  • Smith, John (2008). Smith's Book.

Using the shortened footnote template

Template ((Sfn)) links to ((Citation)) automatically, and links to ((cite book)), ((cite web)), ((cite news)), ((cite journal)), if |ref= is set to "harv". ((Sfn)) also combines identical footnotes automatically, so footnote names are not necessary. The method was introduced much more recently than ((harvnb)).

The Sun is pretty big,((sfn|Miller|2001|p=23))
 but the Moon is not so big.((sfn|Brown|2000|p=46))
 The Sun is also quite hot.((sfn|Miller|2001|p=46))
 == Notes ==
((reflist|2))
== References ==
*((citation | last=Brown | first=R | year=2000 | title=Size of the Moon | magazine=Scientific American | issue=78 | volume=51)).
*((cite book | ref=harv | last=Miller | first=E | year=2001 | title=The Sun | publisher=Academic Press ))

Other useful templates: (See WP:CT)

((cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=))
((cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=22 July 2011))
((cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |year= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url= |accessdate= ))
((cite news |title= |author= |url= |newspaper= |date= |accessdate=22 July 2011))

An example of a multi-use media box


((listen |title=First inauguration of Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993) |filename=First Inaugural (January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton.ogv |description =Video of the [[First inauguration of Bill Clinton]]. |title2=First inauguration of Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993) |filename2=First Inaugural (January 20, 1993) Bill Clinton.ogg |description2=audio only version |image=[[File:Bill Clinton taking the oath of office, 1993.jpg|thumb|left|Clinton takes the [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|oath of office]] during his [[First inauguration of Bill Clinton|1993 presidential inauguration]] on January 20, 1993.]] |pos=left ))

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