Telarapedia:Quellenangaben
(Siehe: Telarapedia Hilfe)
A citation is used to inform readers that the information in quest comes directly from another source. In the context of Telarapedia, citations are used to prove that the information on a page is correct and not fabricated; this is very important in the pre-release period of Rift: Planes of Telara.
An example of how a citation might show on a page:
The Heroes of Telara 'About' page has a general overview of the game.[1]
References
[Bearbeiten] When citations should be made
A good rule to follow is, "When in doubt, cite!" This rule is especially important before Heroes of Telara is released, as the last thing we want to happen is for readers to think Telarapedia is a source of conjecture as opposed to a repository of useful information.
By way of example - The friendly people at Trion release information about some snazzy new feature; this is done by giving a few select sites some information which is perhaps different for each site. Being the brilliant editors that we are at Telarapedia, this information is immediately collated and written into a new article or integrated into existing articles. Once this is done, the new information is then cited so that our readers know that the information is correct and that they can go to the source to verify this.
Even once the game has been released, citation is a friendly way to give credit to other sites and collate external links.
[Bearbeiten] How to make a citation
It is very easy to use a citation and only involves a small amount of work for editors.
Use the <ref> tag to include a reference in a page, like: <ref>Description of url[urlofthecitation]</ref>. Should other citations already be on the page, that is all there is to it. However, if this is the first citation on a page, you'll also have to make an edit at the very bottom of the page, just above the categories.
The usual edit to the bottom of a page will be:
==References==
<References />
On occasion, the ==References== portion may be renamed to something else, depending on the specific use of citations on the page.
The help page for the extension being used for citations is a great source on how to cite, while we are working on expanding this article.
