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== Banner blindness ==
 
I think the banner with the "go here for Visual Editor" info is extremely easy to miss, especially since it's right under the help banner. It might be helpful if the text itself mentioned Visual Editor and referred readers to [[WP:INTREFVE]]. Don't have the time to do this right now, hoping someone else can pick this up or ping me later about it. -- [[User:Asilvering|asilvering]] ([[User talk:Asilvering|talk]]) 22:18, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 
:I adjusted the formatting of the notice to make it a lot bolder. I wish it were possible for us to detect which editor a user is using an automatically direct them to the appropriate page. The issue is mitigated a little bit, though, in that the source editor is the only one that really needs a how-to explainer page — the VisualEditor's referencing tool should be self-explanatory to most competent editors. <span style="color:#AAA"><small>&#123;{u&#124;</small><span style="border-radius:9em;padding:0 5px;background:#088">[[User:Sdkb|<span style="color:#FFF">'''Sdkb'''</span>]]</span><small>}&#125;</small></span> <sup>[[User talk:Sdkb|'''talk''']]</sup> 23:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:Sdkb|Sdkb]] Thanks, that's perfect. Alas, regarding self-explanatory, I got here trying to follow the confusion of an editor posting at the Teahouse... -- [[User:Asilvering|asilvering]] ([[User talk:Asilvering|talk]]) 00:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 
== Semi-protected edit request on 9 September 2024 ==
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Change County "LondonDerry" to County "Derry"-This is incorrect and also politically contentious especially on a page about a GAA club. [[Special:Contributions/137.191.238.49|137.191.238.49]] ([[User talk:137.191.238.49|talk]]) 08:53, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' this is the [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]] for discussing improvements to the page [[:Help:Referencing for beginners]]. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned.<!-- Template:ESp --> &#128156; <span style="border-radius:4px;background:#edf">&nbsp;[[User:Melecie|<span style="color:#471a7a">'''mel'''ecie</span>]]&nbsp;</span> [[User talk:Melecie|<span style="color:#471a7a">talk</span>]] - 09:13, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
 
== Video does not work ==
 
[[:File:RefTools rework.ogv]] does not play but gives me an error" "No compatible source was found for this media".
 
 
The same video on [[Wikipedia:RefToolbar]] works fine. [[User:Dualpendel|Dualpendel]] ([[User talk:Dualpendel|talk]]) 18:00, 27 May 2025 (UTC)