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Data Doctor Challenge of the Week: Correct simple errors in reference tags

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Hi WikiTreers,

Will you join our "Data Doctors" Challenge of the week?

This is an easy one to participate in, once you know how reference tags work, i.e.:

  1. A footnote needs to start with <ref> and end with </ref>.
  2. There needs to be a <references /> tag directly below the == Sources == headline for the footnotes to display.

Using these tags is confusing for "Newts." It's very frustrating for new members when a tag is missing or misplaced and they can't figure out why footnotes aren't appearing.

Once again, Aleš has come up with something incredibly helpful. He's prepared a report of profiles from around the tree where a reference tag appears to be misplaced.

Click here for the list.

Can you help fix them? 

If you're participating, please post here to let us know. It's nice to cheer each other on. Or post if you have any questions about how to participate.

Thanks for helping!

in The Tree House by Eowyn Walker G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
reshown by Aleš Trtnik
Challenge is active.
I can help.

15 Answers

+11 votes
I will help.
by Danene Brown G2G Crew (990 points)
+11 votes

I will work on the Alabama suggestions.  As usual!laugh

by Sheila Tidwell G2G6 Mach 6 (65.8k points)
+11 votes
I'll see what I can get done.
by Judith Fry G2G6 Mach 9 (91.9k points)
+10 votes
I can devote a few hours this week to help out.
by M Gillies G2G6 Mach 6 (61.7k points)
+10 votes
I will help out... focusing on Ireland.
by Karen Haney G2G6 Mach 1 (15.9k points)
+10 votes
I'll help out!
by P Whittington G2G6 Mach 2 (25.4k points)
+12 votes

Newt Lynn here and I'm in. I learned about the Citation button yesterday from a Data Doctor video. I became active about 2 weeks ago. The ref pain is fresh with me.

by Lynn McNeil-Smith G2G1 (1.5k points)
+9 votes
I will give it a try. I am still in learning mode.
by Alice Thomsen G2G6 Pilot (275k points)
+9 votes
I will help too.
by Lucia Allen G2G1 (1.1k points)
+7 votes
I will help as this is an "easy" cleaning.
by Kathy Nava G2G6 Pilot (331k points)
+7 votes
I will participate!
by Monica Palmer G2G6 Mach 1 (16.1k points)
+6 votes
Don't need a Challege - I do these all the time!

(and some of them I did years ago when I was a newby, so how do I add a sort by my user ID?)

rsl
by Roy Lamberton G2G6 Mach 8 (85.0k points)
+6 votes
by Alice Thomsen G2G6 Pilot (275k points)
+6 votes
I did a few.
by Jody Rodgers G2G6 Mach 5 (56.4k points)
+4 votes
I will help too, may be a bot late for this week......
by Christopher Hadley G2G1 (1.3k points)

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