Major Bloodnok

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. More article text. Still more article text. Notes 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. More article text. Still more article text. Notes 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 }}