GoArch:References

The Archive is a compendium of all information about the Myst universe, and this includes information not found in the games themselves. Therefore, providing references to information found on articles is desired to be as reliable and accurate as possible. If those references are cleanly formatted, they can be more easily understood and the article information easily verified. A reference should be included for any information that cannot be verified by the game itself or by another article on the wiki.

Use

Generally speaking, references are used for content that is not found in-game or found on the official site. If you want to cite from a game update patch, news, blog post, or lore article, it can be advantageous to copy the article verbatim to the wiki so it can be directly linked to. However, it may be easier to simply link to the official site. This does not apply to the official forums, where providing a reference to a specific thread or comment is useful. For any other source of content, a reference is desired to make sure the information is verifiable.

If the source of information is from within a game, editors can use wiki-linking to the source article, such as the dialogue for a character. This is much easier for readers than accessing the page through the reference list at the bottom of a page.

Syntax

The syntax for references is very easy to use and understand. The formatting for adding a reference footnote is the same as other footnotes:

• Do not include a space between the tag and the penultimate word.
• If the tag is added a the end of a sentence, add the tag after the period and do not include a space between the period and the tag.

Description	You type	You get
Create a reference	<ref>details of the source</ref>.
Create an automatic list of references	<references />
Refer to the same source somewhere else	location A <ref name="example">details</ref> location B <ref name="example" /> <references />	location A location B

Reference list

The list of references shouldn't display raw URLs. Using standard wiki-code in combination with the ref-code above, a reference is formatted as title/summary of page, name of website. The following is an example reference list:

References

1. ^ Post by Chogon, Myst Online forums