Forum:Citations

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I've been nagging about this since... forever. And I will continue to nag about this. We need citations for our articles. Citations are done through the ref html tags. They are done in the format: <ref>REFERENCE</ref>. What you put in between the two tags is the source of the information. For example, you could list the name of the book, or the link to a post made by Greg. Then, at the bottom of the page, you add a section called References and add <references/>.

Example:

I like pie.

References

Note that this should be done for pretty much any statement on the wiki. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 03:09, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Stuff without citations SHOULD BE REMOVED. In addition, citing the exact quote will help. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 03:15, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

I like the idea, and I actually thought of it some time ago. The reason why I didn't suggest it earlier is because I knew it would be a huge project. We just don't have the manpower to make this like Wookiepedia. --Bold Clone 15:13, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

Then we should start trying. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 21:04, June 4, 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to suggest that we create a Citation policy. I'll create the write-up for it as a subpage of my userpage. I'll also create relevant templates. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 18:57, June 10, 2012 (UTC)

I finished it. See User:MarioGalaxy2433g5/Citations. (PS, where exactly do we vote on this kinda thing?) The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 19:31, August 1, 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure; we've never had to vote on something like this before. I would simply drop a note to all of the Admins informing them of the policy and ask for a vote. You've already got my vote for this. --Bold Clone 21:08, August 1, 2012 (UTC)

I completely agree with all of you I am kind of disappointed that we did not think of it earlier but maybe we can try it now hopefully Kazi22 (talk) 05:53, August 3, 2012 (UTC)

I agree, it's a good idea. - Mata Nui   Talk 08:41, August 3, 2012 (UTC)

Any last minute objections/suggestions? The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 16:14, August 8, 2012 (UTC)

None that I can think of, at the moment. Anything that does come up we should be able to sort out later. --Bold Clone 00:17, August 10, 2012 (UTC)

I'll make this policy official tommorow. Last chance to object. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 00:22, August 24, 2012 (UTC)

lol, it turns out we already had a citation page. The BIONICLE Wiki:Citations. I'll merge the two together. The MarioGalaxy2433g5 {talk/contribs} 19:23, August 24, 2012 (UTC)