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== Sourcing == | == Sourcing == | ||
There are two approaches to sourcing, depending on the complexity of the author’s citations. If the article has just a handful of sources that are cited sparingly, you might just include them in the body of the article and just use a “Citations” section at the end of the document. If there are '''many sources''' that are '''cited multiple times''', you should have a “Citations” section and a “Works Cited” section and use the '''shortened footnotes''' approach. Most | There are two approaches to sourcing, depending on the complexity of the author’s citations. If the article has just a handful of sources that are cited sparingly, you might just include them in the body of the article and just use a “Citations” section at the end of the document. If there are '''many sources''' that are '''cited multiple times''', you should have a “Citations” section and a “Works Cited” section and use the '''shortened footnotes''' approach. Most articles will use the latter approach. | ||
=== Works Cited === | === Works Cited === | ||
A list of works cited should be the last section in the document. It is sorted alphabetically by author’s last name and uses [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]]. This is easier for two reasons: (1) you only need to list the reference '''once''' in the article, and (2) it cleans up your body text of much of the confusing code. This section is created like this: | A list of works cited should be the last section in the document. It is sorted alphabetically by author’s last name and uses [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]]. This is easier for two reasons: (1) you only need to list the reference '''once''' in the article, and (2) it cleans up your body text of much of the confusing code. This section is created like this: | ||
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These codes are for the main types of references you will likely need (these links go to expanded instructions on Wikipedia): [[w:Template:Cite book|book]], [[w:Template:Cite journal|journal]], [[w:Template:Cite magazine|magazine]], [[w:Template:Cite news|news]], and [[w:Template:Cite web|web]].{{efn|All citation codes and explanation for the variables may be found on “[[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|Citation Templates]].”}} Notice many of the codes contain similar elements, but one in particular '''must be used''' for our shortened footnotes technique to work: <code><nowiki>ref=harv</nowiki></code> — I usually put this at the end. This code for the [[w:Template:Harvard citation|Harvard citation]] and points a shortened footnote to the detailed bibliographic entry. | These codes are for the main types of references you will likely need (these links go to expanded instructions on Wikipedia): [[w:Template:Cite book|book]], [[w:Template:Cite journal|journal]], [[w:Template:Cite magazine|magazine]], [[w:Template:Cite news|news]], and [[w:Template:Cite web|web]].{{efn|All citation codes and explanation for the variables may be found on “[[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|Citation Templates]].”}} Notice many of the codes contain similar elements, but one in particular '''must be used''' for our shortened footnotes technique to work: <code><nowiki>ref=harv</nowiki></code> — I usually put this at the end. This code for the [[w:Template:Harvard citation|Harvard citation]] and points a shortened footnote to the detailed bibliographic entry. | ||
Feel free to copy and paste these codes from above into your article. | Feel free to copy and paste these codes from above into your article. Just fill in the details. | ||
=== In-text Citations === | === In-text Citations === | ||