Referencing Information

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Contents 1 What is Sourcing information? 1.1 Why Reference? 2 How do I reference? 3 The End Result 4 References 5 Alternative Method

[edit] What is Sourcing information?

Its referencing where information comes from such as a chapter of a book.

[edit] Why Reference?

There are many reasons why it is important to reference a piece of information.

1. It makes it easy to look up the information on the page and check its correct.
2. It proves the information is not fan Speculations.
3. It allows others to look up the information themselves if they want to read further into the subject matter.

Without referencing, much of what is written on a page cannot be taken as legit, even if it is.

[edit] How do I reference?

Referencing is easy.

1. Start off with the code: <ref name=" ">
2. Then give it a unique name such as: <ref name="Example1">
3. Next we add more information: <ref name="Example1"> Luffy beat Sir Crocodile Chapter 3
4. Then we close the coding with </ref> so it ends up look like this: <ref name="Example1"> Luffy beat Sir Crocodile Chapter 3 </ref>'''
5. The last thing to do is add the following coding to a page (if it isn't already there somewhere):

==References==
<references/>

[edit] The End Result

After this the page will contain the reference. It will look like a number in a square like this: ^[1] and appear in the references section like this:

[edit] References

1. ↑ Luffy beat Sir Crocodile Chapter 3

You usually have to use a different name for each referencing, however if you have 5 things from the same source you can multi-source them. Usually, you will not need to bother with this.

[edit] Alternative Method

1. Write: <ref> Write the ref in this style </ref>

The advantage of this method is it is quicker to do and easier to remember for those new to wiki editing. However the disadvantage of this style of referencing is that you can't multi-source so it is recommended that you only use this if you do not intend to create multple page references linked to the same source.

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