Citations on the wiki?

Subject: Citations on the wiki?
Author: Sedri
Posted on: 2010-01-25 04:21:00 UTC

I was browsing earlier and it randomly occurred to me that we don't cite sources very often. There are some articles which link to the missions (or handbook/interlude/whatever) where the item or event or random personality quirk appears, but not often.

May I politely ask that we start to cite a little more? This isn't pointing fingers - I'm guilty of it myself, and it's hardly a tragic omission - but sometimes I find myself wanting to read the context and having no idea where to start.

Just saying.

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Citations on the wiki? by Sedri on 2010-01-25 04:21:00 UTC

Is there a citation function? by Huinesoron on 2010-01-25 10:30:00 UTC Reply

I've never been able to find one, which means 'cite sources' turns into 'list them at the end'.

hS

I assume so by Sedri on 2010-01-25 20:49:00 UTC Reply

I've seen a few citations on our wiki before, though not many. But if nothing else, we could just make hypertext links within the articles, I guess.
REF tag by gattsuru on 2010-01-25 15:23:00 UTC Reply

There's a reference pseudo-HTML tag which is compatible with the PPC wikia page. It's used by putting the text you want in a citation such as <ref>This is the text you want within the cite</ref>, and then place the <references /> tag where you want them to show up.

There's a sample Litmus Strip page if you want one that can be edited with.

Corrected Link by gattsuru on 2010-01-25 15:27:00 UTC Reply

Sorry, that last sentence should linking to :
There's a sample Litmus Strip page if you want one that can be edited with.

Re: Is there a citation function? by Ansela on 2010-01-25 11:55:00 UTC Reply

I honestly thought it was a No Accountability thing, a la TVTropes.

Re: Is there a citation function? by kd7sov on 2010-01-25 13:48:00 UTC Reply

Personally, that's long bugged me about TVTropes. They're perfectly within their rights to say "[Webcomic] used this trope several times" or "Used to great effect in a [Particular Canon] fanfic, when..." More often than not I find myself wanting to see, but links are sometimes all too rare.