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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 in an article 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.
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| == Use ==
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| Generally speaking, references are used for content that is not found in-game through the natural course of play. This includes content from the novels, strategy guides, soundtrack booklets, [[The Lyst|Lyst]] emails, forum posts, and personal communications with Cyan employees.
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| === Local archival ===
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| In some cases, it can be advantageous to copy the content of a source into the Archive's [[Reference:Main Page|Reference]] namespace. This is particularly useful for emails and other private forms of communication, provided all parties consent to it being posted publicly. For other content, such as forum posts, retaining a copy on the Archive may be overkill. In those cases, use an archiving service such as http://archive.is to make a backup, or be sure that the thread is archived in the [http://www.archive.org Wayback Machine], in order to ensure that it will remain accessible in the future.
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| If the source of information is in-game, editors can use an inline [[Help:Editing|wikilink]] to the source article where appropriate. Otherwise, cite it in a reference using the "in-game content" citation style below.
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| 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. | | 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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| == Citation style ==
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| Use the formats below when creating reference citations.
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| === Web content ===
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| ==== Forum posts ====
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| <Post Author with link to post>, "<Thread title>". ''<Forum name>''. <Date of post>.
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| Example: [http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=69991&sid=8cae255dea4bf23c3cbabe8347074cb0#p69991 RAWA], "Deciphering the Age names?". ''Myst Online forums''. December 11, 2006.
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| ==== Websites ====
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| "<Page title with link>", <Website name>, accessed <Date>.
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| Example: "[http://journals.riumplus.com The Riven Journals]", Realm of RIUM+, accessed July 5, 2017.
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| ==== Archival links ====
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| Often, older web references may no longer be available online. In these cases, use a link to the [http://www.archive.org Wayback Machine] or other archiving utility in place of the actual URL, and add "archived from the original on <date>" to the end of the citation.
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| Example: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20010417002719/http://www.rivenguild.com:80/kbahnsen/minutiamain.html Minutiae]", D'ni Desk Reference, accessed July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.
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| === Emails ===
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| Email, <Author>. "<Subject>". <Date received>.
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| Example: Email, RAWA. "Questions about the Book/Books of Birenni". May 30, 2013.
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| === Books ===
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| ''<Book title>''. <Format>, <Location>.
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| Example: ''Myst: The Book of Atrus''. Hardcover, pages 10–11.
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| When citing the ebook version of a book, do not use device- or service-specific page numbers such as iBooks page numbers or Kindle location numbers (if your Kindle copy also has [https://web.archive.org/web/20110320023533/http://www.kindlepost.com/2011/03/kindles-real-page-numbers.html real page numbers], you may use them). Instead, cite the chapter of the book in which the quote or reference appears. If you are interested in being particularly precise, you can also include the section of the chapter—as determined by the D'ni number separators which break up individual scenes—or the paragraph number, as counted from the start of the chapter.
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| Example: ''Myst Reader''. Ebook, ''The Book of Ti'ana'' "Part Three: Fault Lines", section 4
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| === In-game content ===
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| In-game material should be archived in the Reference namespace, and a link to it should be included in the citation if it is available.
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| ==== Journals and notebooks ====
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| <Author>. ''<Document name with article link>''. <Game with article link>.
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| Example: Atrus. ''[[Reference:Journals/Atrus, Channelwood journal|Channelwood journal]]''. [[Myst (game)|Myst]].
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| ==== Dialog ====
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| <Speaker>. <Scene with article link>. <Game with article link>.
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| Example: Atrus. Forechamber message. [[Myst (game)|Myst]].
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| [[Category:Formatting guidelines|References]] | | [[Category:Formatting guidelines|References]] |
Tag syntax
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.
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<ref>details of the source</ref>.
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location A <ref name="example">details</ref>
location B <ref name="example" />
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location B [1]
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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>
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The footnote markers are included as usual for a named footnote. For example:
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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>
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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
- ↑ This is the lazy dog reference.
- ↑ This is the jukeboxes reference.
- ↑ This is the jumping frogs reference.
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