GhostBlade Wiki:Sourcing

This page is a style guide, describing how to create citations in articles.

As GhostBlade Wiki does not accept original ideas or fanon, all writing should be based on reliable sources, and therefore be referenced. Any material that is challenged and for which no source is provided may be removed by any editor.

If you do not know how to format the citation, provide as much information as you can, and others may fix it for you. Cite It! Be Bold!

Why Sources should be Cited

 * To credit a source for providing useful information and to avoid claims of plagiarism.
 * To show that your edit is not original research.
 * To ensure that the content of articles is credible and can be checked by any reader or editor.
 * To help users find additional reliable information on the topic.
 * To improve the overall credibility and authoritative character of the GhostBlade Wiki.
 * To reduce the likelihood of editorial disputes, or to resolve any that arise.

Note: GhostBlade Wiki and other wiki-based articles and categories cannot be used as sources.

Rules
This list only includes the basics for the rules. For more details, please follow the footnotes provided.


 * 1) References go immediately after punctuation and outside of quotation marks, with no space between the end of a sentence and a reference tag.
 * 2) When naming references with, when working on long articles or collaborations, users are encouraged to use full, linkable reference names to prevent accidental duplicates of a reference, though this is not a requirement. This is not necessary on shorter articles, and abbreviations are acceptable.
 * 3) All articles must be completely sourced.
 * 4) Reference articles as sparingly as possible, while still sourcing all of the facts.
 * 5) Links are required in references.
 * 6) References are required in infoboxes.