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{{nutshell|Cite [[BP:RS|reliable sources]]. You can add a citation by selecting from the drop-down [[File:VisualEditor - Cite Pulldown.png|40px|alt="cite"]] menu at the top of the [[Help:Edit#Edit screen(s)|editing box]].<!--note that this is the same in markup or Visual Editor, hurrah for simplicity--> In [[Help:Wikitext|markup]], you can add a citation manually using [[Bharatpedia:Citing_sources#How to place an inline citation using ref tags|ref tags]]. More elaborate and useful ways to cite sources are detailed below.}} | |||
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A '''citation''', or '''reference''',{{notetag|Words like ''citation'' and ''reference'' are used interchangeably on the English Bharatpedia. On talk pages, where the language can be more informal, or in edit summaries or templates where space is a consideration, ''reference'' is often abbreviated ''ref'', with the plural ''refs''. ''Footnote'' may refer specifically to citations using [[Help:Footnote|ref tag formatting]] or to explanatory text; ''endnotes'' specifically refers to citations placed at the end of the page. See also: [[Bharatpedia:Glossary#Reference|Bharatpedia:Glossary]].}} uniquely identifies a [[BP:SOURCE|source]] of information, e.g.: | |||
{{block indent|{{cite book |last1=Ritter |first1=R. M. |date=2003 |title=The Oxford Style Manual |page=1 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-860564-5 |ref=none}}}} | |||
Bharatpedia's [[Bharatpedia:Verifiability|verifiability]] policy requires [[Bharatpedia:Inline citation|inline citations]] for any material [[BP:CHALLENGED|challenged or likely to be challenged]], and for all quotations, anywhere in [[BP:Mainspace|article space]]. | |||
Bharatpedia's verifiability policy requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all quotations, anywhere in article space. | |||
A citation or reference in an article usually has two parts. In the first part, each section of text that is either based on, or quoted from, an outside source is marked as such with an inline citation. The inline citation may be a superscript footnote number, or an abbreviated version of the citation called a short citation. The second necessary part of the citation or reference is the list of full references, which provides complete, formatted detail about the source so that anyone reading the article can find it and verify it. | A citation or reference in an article usually has two parts. In the first part, each section of text that is either based on, or quoted from, an outside source is marked as such with an inline citation. The inline citation may be a superscript footnote number, or an abbreviated version of the citation called a short citation. The second necessary part of the citation or reference is the list of full references, which provides complete, formatted detail about the source so that anyone reading the article can find it and verify it. | ||
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==Types of citation== | ==Types of citation== | ||
A full citation fully identifies a reliable source and, where applicable, the place in that source (such as a page number) where the information in question can be found. For example: Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press, 1971, p. 1. This type of citation is usually given as a footnote, and is the most commonly used citation method in | A full citation fully identifies a reliable source and, where applicable, the place in that source (such as a page number) where the information in question can be found. For example: Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press, 1971, p. 1. This type of citation is usually given as a footnote, and is the most commonly used citation method in Bharatpedia articles. | ||
An inline citation means any citation added close to the material it supports, for example after the sentence or paragraph, normally in the form of a footnote. | An inline citation means any citation added close to the material it supports, for example after the sentence or paragraph, normally in the form of a footnote. | ||