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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.
{{see also|GoArch:Citation guidelines}}


== Use ==
== Tag syntax ==
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.
The syntax for adding references is very easy to use and understand. The formatting for adding a reference footnote is the same as other footnotes:
 
If the source of information is from within a game, editors can use [[Help:Editing|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.
* 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.
* 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.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable archivists"
|- <!--COLUMN HEADINGS-->
|- <!--COLUMN HEADINGS-->
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Description'''
! Description
| style="text-align:center;" | '''You type'''
! You type
| style="text-align:center;" | '''You get'''
! You get
|- <!--1ST HEADING-->
|-  
| Create a reference
| Create a reference
|
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== Reference list ==
Some or all of the footnotes can also be defined within the reference section/list, and invoked in the page content. This keeps those citations in one central location and avoids cluttering the text (and any infobox). This is purely a source code change—the actual display of the citation in the text to a reader is unaffected. The syntax is:
The list of references shouldn't display raw URLs. Using [[Help:Editing|standard wiki-code]] in combination with the ref-code above, a reference is formatted as ''<span style="color:#3366D2;">title/summary of page</span>, name of website''. The following is an example reference list:
 
<div style="background:#F5FAFF; border:1px solid #A3B1BF; margin:0em 2em; padding:1em;">
<code><nowiki>
== References ==
<references>
<div style="font-size:90%;">
<ref name=name1>Content</ref>
# ^ [http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=369370#p369370 Post by Chogon], Myst Online forums
<ref name=name2>Content</ref>
</div></div>
<ref name=name...n>Content</ref>
</references>
</nowiki></code>
 
The footnote markers are included as usual for a named footnote. For example:
 
{{markup
|<nowiki>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.<ref name=LazyDog/>
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.<ref name=Jukeboxes/>
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts.<ref name=JumpingFrogs/>
 
==References==
<references>
<ref name=Jukeboxes>This is the jukeboxes reference.</ref>
<ref name=LazyDog>This is the lazy dog reference.</ref>
<ref name=JumpingFrogs>This is the jumping frogs reference.</ref>
</references></nowiki>
|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.<ref name=LazyDog/>
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.<ref name=Jukeboxes/>
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts.<ref name=JumpingFrogs/>
 
==References==
<references>
<ref name=LazyDog>This is the lazy dog reference.</ref>
<ref name=Jukeboxes>This is the jukeboxes reference.</ref>
<ref name=JumpingFrogs>This is the jumping frogs reference.</ref>
</references>}}
 
The references will be numbered, and appear in the output, ''in the order that they are first referred to in the content,'' regardless of their order within the list. All references in reference list must be referenced in the content, otherwise an error message will be shown.


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Latest revision as of 20:10, 23 July 2020

Tag syntax[edit]

The syntax for adding 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>.

[1]

Create an automatic list of references

<references />

  1. details of the source
Refer to the same source somewhere else

location A <ref name="example">details</ref>

location B <ref name="example" />

<references />

location A [1]

location B [1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 details

Some or all of the footnotes can also be defined within the reference section/list, and invoked in the page content. This keeps those citations in one central location and avoids cluttering the text (and any infobox). This is purely a source code change—the actual display of the citation in the text to a reader is unaffected. The syntax is:

<references> <ref name=name1>Content</ref> <ref name=name2>Content</ref> <ref name=name...n>Content</ref> </references>

The footnote markers are included as usual for a named footnote. For example:

Markup Renders as
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.<ref name=LazyDog/>
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.<ref name=Jukeboxes/>
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts.<ref name=JumpingFrogs/>

==References==
<references>
<ref name=Jukeboxes>This is the jukeboxes reference.</ref>
<ref name=LazyDog>This is the lazy dog reference.</ref>
<ref name=JumpingFrogs>This is the jumping frogs reference.</ref>
</references> 

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.[1] Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.[2] How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts.[3]

References

  1. This is the lazy dog reference.
  2. This is the jukeboxes reference.
  3. This is the jumping frogs reference.

The references will be numbered, and appear in the output, in the order that they are first referred to in the content, regardless of their order within the list. All references in reference list must be referenced in the content, otherwise an error message will be shown.


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