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Getting feedback and creating a table in Wikipedia

Having completed the bibliographic research of the first edition (specifically the 1933 re-issue of the OED) as part of the process of creating a model citation, I now have all the links to a full copy of the 1933 issue on the Internet Archive.

Do I add them to the OED Wikipedia article?

I could just go ahead and see if they get deleted or not, or I could be a bit more circumspect and ask on the talk page of the OED Wiki article first.

Talk pages are used in Wikipedia to allow discussion of edits made to the accompanying article. There are guidelines for how to use them and a tutorial to get you started.

Given that the vast majority (though not the entirety) of the 1933 re-issue's content is already included in the links to the 1888-1928 first edition sources given at the end of the article it is not clear whether the data for the 1933 re-issue is a worthwhile addition. Also the copyright status of the dictionary is a bit murky; at least I couldn't find a clear statement that it was out of copyright on the web. So rather than ruffle feathers it may be better to ask before posting (we'll ignore that fact that by posting the links on the talk page both points are circumvented).


To create a new topic for discussion on the talk page I can use the New Section link on the article navigation bar or use the link in the box at the top left hand side of the page. All very straightforward.

OK, the next question is: How do I make a table?

And the answer is, quite easily. Simply hit the Insert table icon (circled) and a pop-up asking for the number of rows and columns required for the table will appear.

After entering these, selecting Insert will input the Wiki mark-up for the table, and then it's just a matter of replacing the placeholder text with the content of the table and Robert's your mother's brother, job done.

So I simply added the table, after my question and some context, and waited. Other editors watching the page will see the modification and may respond. Dealing with replies was straightforward, to indent your text simply add a colon (for the first level of indentation) or the same number of colons as the text above plus one.

The outcome of the brief discussion was to add the table, and that was simply a matter of copying and pasting the Wiki mark-up from the talk page to the main article. Then adapting the table to match the style of the one containing the 1888-1928 issue data.

The next step is finally to use the Cite book template to construct a general reference to the 1933 re-issue.
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