Talk:Tell it to the Marines

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Tell it to the Marines article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Military history: North America / United States

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force

United States: Military history Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Military history - U.S. military history task force.

Use in Anthony Trollope's /The Prime Minister/

I had a little bit of trouble figuring out how to cite this. I do actually have a physical copy of the book, so I could cite that, but isn't it good for sources on Wikipedia to be universally checkable? I guess ideally it would be a normal citation for a physical book, but then be like, "view a version of the book online here ->". (I was surprised there isn't any sort of template set up for content on Gutenberg.) Also, ideally the book would be in the bibliography once, but referenced three different times in the text, each referring to a different page (in a physical book) or chapter (if we only have the Gutenberg edition to go off). I'm not sure how to make that work with Wikipedia's citation system. PiNerd3 (talk) 06:12, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Baker era

The use of the phrase in Day Of The Daleks is well-known, but where is the reference in the Tom Baker era? "In the Tom Baker era (1975-1980), the phrase would be used again in the same way from time to time, letting the Brigadier know the Doctor needed rescuing." It should be cited. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 17:59, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wellll... yeah, they both need a ref, as "is well-known" is not a ref. You may tag any material you like with {{citation needed}} and wait awhile and, if nobody refs it, delete it (I usually wait a year or more; there's no hurry). Or -- better -- find the refs yourself, if you can. A lot of stuff ref'd to scripts isn't ref'd here -- in fact, it might be a common allowed practice not to, not sure -- because the obvious source is generally the primary source of the script, and and the reader can be assumed to be able to figure that out. However, the Tom Baker stuff doesn't give on particular script for the reader to look up, so yea on second that that needs to be ref'd; the Dalek thing gives the particular episode so I guess that's different Herostratus (talk) 02:54, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]