SgWiki:Guidebook/Citation

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As a common practice globally, it is necessary to cite a source that you use or refer to when writing or expanding the article. A source could be in the forms of news articles, magazine, books or even electronic media such as video or photograph. All information should be based on factual, reliable, published sources. Before adding information, it is important to verify the content of the source. A good way of verification is using the "CRAAP" template. (Further Reading: "CRAAP Template"). Any content from nonfactual or unreferenced source are subjected to be removed. Please do not take copyright items and upload to sgWiki. Adding a References To add a references to support a statement or paragraph, add "<ref>" to the start of the reference statement and </ref> to the end of the reference statement. Near the bottom of the page, create a heading called "References" and under "References", type "<references/>". As a general guide, a references must consist of either a URL or a Book article name. If is good to include the publisher name, author name, date of published and/or access date (if using an online article). Adding to an existing References Sometimes, a single references may be use to support multiple statement/paragraph. However, adding multiple references tag will be to troublesome and messy. To make life easier, make sure you name the first references which contain the reference statement. Syntax <ref name=" [Reference Name] >" Notes: Reference Name are the name of reference tag. For subsequent references, you will just need to put the following tag to link. Syntax <ref name=" [Reference Name] />"