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'''Sourcing''' in Lexicanum is important to maintain a professional and objective insight into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. To this end, please follow these rules although variation is expected. | '''Sourcing''' in Lexicanum is important to maintain a professional and objective insight into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. To this end, please follow these rules although variation is expected. | ||
| − | + | ==Basics== | |
| + | Throughout the article you are creating, at the end of paragraphs you should put a number to identify where the information in the paragraph came from. Also, if there is information from more than one source in one paragraph, you should put the relevant number at the relevant point in the text. This is shown here: | ||
| − | + | "Wikipedia rules <sup>1</sup>. The source for this text is coming from me rather than Wikipedia<sup>2</sup>. If I then said that Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia I would have to source it <sup>1</sup>." | |
| − | The older form of sourcing can be found here: [[Lexicanum:Sourcing (old)]] | + | You can also source bulk text in the same way, just don't think you have to source every single sentence! |
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| + | ==Doing numbers== | ||
| + | To produce the small, superscript numbers you should type <nowiki><sup></nowiki> (short for superscript), then the number, and then <nowiki></sup></nowiki>. A full example would be <nowiki><sup>1</sup></nowiki>. You can put anything you like between the sups, but we suggest only using a number as that is how it is done throughout Lexicanum. | ||
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| + | ==At the end== | ||
| + | At the end of the text, you should create a level two heading (<nowiki>==Headline Text==</nowiki>) entitled Sources (i.e. <nowiki>==Sources==</nowiki>) under which you will put the proper name of the source. You can use both internal and external links and most of the sources you will use will be something we have an internal article on. To do this, put a star (*) and type the sup of the article you wish to source from. Then place a colon after the <nowiki></sup></nowiki> and type the link in. An example is: | ||
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
| + | *<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Imperial Guard (4th Edition)]] | ||
| + | *<sup>2</sup>:[[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition)]] | ||
| + | *<sup>3</sup>:[[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]] | ||
| + | *<sup>4</sup>:[[Imperial Armour: Volume 4 - The Anphelion Project]] | ||
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| + | ==Old Sourcing== | ||
| + | The older and out of use form of sourcing can be found here: [[Lexicanum:Sourcing (old)]]. | ||
[[Category:Lexicanum Help]] | [[Category:Lexicanum Help]] | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 4 December 2006
Sourcing in Lexicanum is important to maintain a professional and objective insight into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. To this end, please follow these rules although variation is expected.
Basics
Throughout the article you are creating, at the end of paragraphs you should put a number to identify where the information in the paragraph came from. Also, if there is information from more than one source in one paragraph, you should put the relevant number at the relevant point in the text. This is shown here:
"Wikipedia rules 1. The source for this text is coming from me rather than Wikipedia2. If I then said that Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia I would have to source it 1."
You can also source bulk text in the same way, just don't think you have to source every single sentence!
Doing numbers
To produce the small, superscript numbers you should type <sup> (short for superscript), then the number, and then </sup>. A full example would be <sup>1</sup>. You can put anything you like between the sups, but we suggest only using a number as that is how it is done throughout Lexicanum.
At the end
At the end of the text, you should create a level two heading (==Headline Text==) entitled Sources (i.e. ==Sources==) under which you will put the proper name of the source. You can use both internal and external links and most of the sources you will use will be something we have an internal article on. To do this, put a star (*) and type the sup of the article you wish to source from. Then place a colon after the </sup> and type the link in. An example is:
Sources
- 1:Codex: Imperial Guard (4th Edition)
- 2:Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition)
- 3:Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy
- 4:Imperial Armour: Volume 4 - The Anphelion Project
Old Sourcing
The older and out of use form of sourcing can be found here: Lexicanum:Sourcing (old).
