Talk:Richard S. Prather

message: Until the Social Security index for him is available in a month or two, I don't think we can be sure when he died. One editor said Feb. 14, another said Feb. 16.
We need a citation for the death date. The following sites I've tried are blogs that talk about it, but 
:a) Wikipedia doesn't allow blogs to be cited except for an article-subject's own blog, and 
:b) they don't give a date anyway:
*http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2007/02/another-giant-falls.html
*http://newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com/2007/02/nutjob-of-day-richard-s-prather.html
*http://billcrider.blogspot.com/2007/02/richard-s-prather-r-i-p.html
*http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2007/02/richard-s-prather-rip.html
*http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2007/02/remembering_ric.html
cached text at http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:jFVHbOG3cJUJ:mysteryfile.com/blog/%3Fp%3D29+richard+s.+prather&hl=en&strip=1
It's also not dated at Crimespot.net, and a search turns up nothing at the Sedona Red Rock News newspaper.
You can see I've tried to do a thorough search. Any help? Thanks!--Tenebrae 03:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Confirming death date

message: Hi, all. The reason I've changed "External links" to "References" comes from these sections of Wikipedia:Cite_sources, quoted verbatim below. (Please note in Item 2 below that the italics are theirs, and not inserted by me.) Thanks!
1)
:Maintaining a separate "References" section in addition to "Notes" or "Footnotes''
:It is helpful when non-citation footnotes are used that a "References" section also be maintained, in which the sources that were used are listed in alphabetical order. With articles that have lots of footnotes, it can become hard to see after a while exactly which sources have been used, particularly when the footnotes also contain explanatory text. A References section, which contains only citations, helps readers to see at a glance the quality of the references used.
2)
:Further reading/External links
:An ==External links== or ==Further reading== section is placed near the end of an article and offers books, articles, and links to websites related to the topic that might be of interest to the reader. The section "Further reading" may include both online material and material not available online. If all recommended material is online, the section may be titled "External links". Some editors may include both headings in articles, listing only material not available online in the "Further reading" section. 
:All items used to verify information in the article must be listed in the "References" or "Notes" section, and are generally not included in "Further reading" or "External links". However, if an item used as a reference covers the topic beyond the scope of the article, and has significant usefulness beyond verification of the article, you may want to include it here as well. This also makes it easier for users to identify all the major recommended resources on a topic.
So sources used to write an article go under "References", and other helpful citations go under "External links" if they're linkable and "Further reading" if they're not online. — Tenebrae 22:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "References" vs. "External links" vs. "Footnotes/Notes"

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