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Ongoing: Upload [please add links to the senate rules for each of these committees.]
Ongoing: Upload new district maps and incorporate them into articles (November 19, 2013)
Ongoing: Apply {{US Congress party summary}} on all Congresses (February 20, 2018)
Ongoing: Create edit notices for all articles. (February 15, 2010)
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Fun Fact: I did the Humor from the Archives on this edition of The Signpost.. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 22:10, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Also the Technology Report. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 22:37, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bare URLs

Hello! Thank you for your efforts to improve Wikipedia, and in particular for adding references, as you did to Han shot first! However, adding a bare URL is not ideal, and exposes the reference to link rot. It is preferable to use proper citation templates when citing sources, including details such as title, author, date, and any other information necessary for a bibliographic citation. Here's an example of a full citation using the {{cite web}} template to cite a web page:

Lorem ipsum<ref>{{cite web |title=Download the Scanning Software - Windows and Mac |publisher=Canon Inc |work=Ask a Question |date=2022 |url=https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART174839 |access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref> dolor sit amet.

which displays inline in the running text of the article as:

Lorem ipsum^[1] dolor sit amet.

and displays under References as:

^ Download the Scanning Software - Windows and Mac". Ask a Question. Canon Inc. 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-02.

If you've already added one or more bare URLs to an article, there are tools available to expand them into full citations: in the wikitext editor, try the reFill tool, and in the Visual Editor, the reference dialog can convert some bare urls into a full citation. Once again, thanks for adding references to articles. Limmidy (talk) 17:59, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I am not used to the source editor, I just use visual editor, but next time I'll know, thank you. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 02:28, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]