Difference between revisions of "Powerbase:A Guide to Referencing"
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For those people inputting material, when you put in a reference please use the references and citations procedure set out below. | For those people inputting material, when you put in a reference please use the references and citations procedure set out below. | ||
| − | You generate a reference using eg. <tt><nowiki>{{ref|guardianMacalister}}</nowiki></tt>, | + | You generate a reference (ie a superscript number at the end of a quotation) using eg. <tt><nowiki>{{ref|guardianMacalister}}</nowiki></tt>, |
| − | and you label the corresponding citation using <tt><nowiki>{{note|guardianMacalister}}</nowiki></tt>. | + | and you label the corresponding citation (at the bottom of the page with the full reference) using <tt><nowiki>{{note|guardianMacalister}}</nowiki></tt>. |
Readers can see where a given citation is referenced in the article by clicking the up-arrow link next to it. | Readers can see where a given citation is referenced in the article by clicking the up-arrow link next to it. | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 4 September 2006
For those people inputting material, when you put in a reference please use the references and citations procedure set out below.
You generate a reference (ie a superscript number at the end of a quotation) using eg. {{ref|guardianMacalister}}, and you label the corresponding citation (at the bottom of the page with the full reference) using {{note|guardianMacalister}}. Readers can see where a given citation is referenced in the article by clicking the up-arrow link next to it.
Here's an example:
In February 2006 The Guardian reported how "A small group of American companies such as Bechtel and Fluor look set to grab the lion's share of a £50bn British nuclear clean-up programme which should get the green light within weeks but take decades to complete. [1]
External Links
- ^Terry Macalister, "Engineers in Line for jobs until 2080 on Britain's Nuclear Clean-up", The Guardian, February 16, 2005.
