Forum:Standardizing citations
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So here's a proposal I have been thinking about recently: the standardization of citations on this wiki. I've noticed a couple people have different ways of formatting citations; for example, I usually go with the following format as per here:
<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 242''</ref>[1]
However, I've been going through other wikis and Wikipedia for references, and I think I may have found a way I prefer that I know I've seen a couple people use here or at least similar to it. In my opinion, it looks neater and lines up with some pre-existing citation standards. So here is how I'm thinking we should standardize our citations for now on:
- For typical novels:
<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 33</ref>[2] or<ref>''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', Chapter 23, p. 242</ref>(page number is optional in this case, unless it is a quote)[3] - For comics:
<ref>''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', [[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|Issue #1]]</ref>[4] - For anthologies:
<ref>"[[Oasis]]" – ''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', p. 253</ref>[5] - For levels:
<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', "[[Reunion]]"</ref>[6] or<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', campaign level, "[[Reunion]]"</ref>[7] - For terminals:
<ref>''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'', "[[Terminal/Halo 2: Anniversary|Terminal #5]]"</ref>[8] - For Phoenix Logs:
<ref>''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', "[[Phoenix Log]]" – Atriox</ref>[9] - URLs: This one I'm not so sure about and I am open to suggestions, but I guess our current standard is fine with
[URL-HERE '''Source of webpage''': ''Title of webpage'']
So those are just my recommendations and I'm open to suggestions. Let me know if I'm missing any common citation format too.{{Citation needed}}
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Example citations
- ^ Halo: Retribution, page 242
- ^ Halo: Warfleet, p. 33
- ^ Halo: Retribution, Chapter 23, p. 242
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #1
- ^ "Oasis" – Halo: Fractures, p. 253
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, "Reunion"
- ^ Halo 5: Guardians, campaign level, "Reunion"
- ^ Halo 2: Anniversary, "Terminal #5"
- ^ Halo Wars 2, "Phoenix Log" – Atriox