Contents 1 Why we cite sources 2 How to ask for citations 3 How to use reference tags 4 How to cite sources 5 How to cite the same source more than once 5.1 Simple Example 5.2 Complex Example 5.3 Reference Notes 6 What to do when a reference link "goes dead"

This help page will show you how to properly use the citation syntax to reference supporting information for your article and automatically generate numbered links to your sources under the "References" section. For examples of citation style, see Wikipedia:Cite sources/example style for some guidelines.

Why we cite sourcesEdit

Citing sources of information that is put into articles is an important part of Terminator Wiki. This means that you should tell where the information (facts) come from. This helps to make sure the facts are right and can be verified (looked at) by the readers.

If someone cannot verify information that is in an article, they might remove the information.

On the article page, you should list where the facts come from in sections called "References" or "See also".

How to ask for citationsEdit

If an article needs references but you are unable to find them yourself, you can place the template {{cite}} tag after the text needing citation. If necessary, use the article's talk page to discuss further details.

Example: Pigs can fly. {{cite}}

Result: Pigs can fly. ^{[citation needed]}

How to use reference tagsEdit

Further information: Extension:Cite, and Help:Footnotes.

<ref> (which must be closed with </ref>)

<references /> (which is self-closing)

These tags operate together to add citations to pages.

The basic concept of the <ref> tag is that it inserts the text enclosed by the ref tags as a footnote in a designated section, which you indicate with the placeholder tag <references />. Placing <references /> inserts the full text of all pending inline citations defined by <ref>, anywhere on the page.

How to cite sourcesEdit

1. Find source materials.

For more details on this topic, see: The Canon of the Terminator saga

Find appropriate source materials for your article. Ideally, these should be primary sources — this means original articles rather than summaries of information from many sources such as Wikipedia. The information should be produced by reputable organizations or individual authors.

3. Create a section heading and place the <references /> tag under it.

Create a section heading, such as "References" at the end of your article. The list of references will be automatically generated here. If you forget to include <references /> at the end of the article, none of the footnotes will appear.

Example:

==References==

<references />

3. Place a <ref> ... </ref> where you want a footnote reference number to appear.

Type the text of the source between the ref tags. You can add links and use wiki markup to style your text.

Example:

Terminator Wiki articles cite their sources. <ref>My reference text</ref>
Terminator Wiki is a neat site. <ref>[http://terminator.wikia.com Terminator Wiki]</ref>
According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>
The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>

==References==
<references/>

Result:

Terminator Wiki articles cite their sources. ^[1] Terminator Wiki is a neat site. ^[2] The Sun is pretty big,^[3] but the Moon is not so big.^[4]

References

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1. ↑ My reference text
2. ↑ Terminator Wiki
3. ↑ E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.
4. ↑ R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.

How to cite the same source more than onceEdit

1. Assign a name to the reference text

Example:

<ref name="id">Reference text</ref>

<ref name="T3">Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines</ref>

2. Use <ref name="id"/> for citing a previously used and named source.

Add new references in the same fashion as needed. If citing a previously used and named source, you can just type in the following code instead of writing out your reference text again: <ref name="T3" />

Simple ExampleEdit

Terminator Wiki articles cite their sources. <ref name="terminatorwiki">[http://terminator.wikia.com Terminator Wiki]</ref>
Terminator Wiki is a neat site. <ref name="terminatorwiki" />
Terminator Wiki can be edited by anyone. <ref name="terminatorwiki" />

==References==
<references/>

Terminator Wiki articles cite their sources. ^[1] Terminator Wiki is a neat site. ^[1] Terminator Wiki can be edited by anyone. ^[1]

References

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Terminator Wiki

Complex ExampleEdit

Here is an example excerpt from The Terminator (timeline) page:

Text with citation code:

==The timeline established by [[The Terminator (film)|]]==
*'''1959''' or '''1965'''
**Sarah J. Connor is born.
*'''May 12, 1984'''
**'''01:52:00''' A terminator, T-800 arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.<ref>''[[The Terminator (film)|]]'', In ''"Terminator Timeline", [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (film)|]] DVD Special Feature''</ref>
**'''02:01:00''' Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.<ref name="T1">[[The Terminator (film)|]]</ref>
**Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the terminator, but dies himself.<ref name="T1" />
**Some parts from the terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne facilities.<ref name="T1" /> <ref name="T2">[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day (film)|]]</ref>

''The timelines beneath are additions to the timeline above, but only from the [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (film)|]] point of view.''

*'''June 7, 1995'''
**John Connor and [[Katherine Brewster]] kiss, which leads to a relationship. Katherine later becomes his wife and 2nd-in-command of the human resistance and get contact with Robert Brewster.<ref>John Connor insinuate that if ''T2'' didn't happen, he was suppose to meet Robert Brewster, which were involved in the creation of Skynet, and later became a important person of human resistance. [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (film)|]]. </ref>

...more text...

==References==
<references/>

Rendered text citations:

The timeline established by The Terminator

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• 1959 or 1965
  • Sarah J. Connor is born.
• May 12, 1984
  • 01:52:00 A terminator, T-800 arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.^[1]
  • 02:01:00 Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.^[2]
  • Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the terminator, but dies himself.^[2]
  • Some parts from the terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne facilities.^{[2] [3]}

The timelines beneath are additions to the timeline above, but only from the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines point of view.

• June 7, 1995
  • John Connor and Katherine Brewster kiss, which leads to a relationship. Katherine later becomes his wife and 2nd-in-command of the human resistance and get contact with Robert Brewster.^[4]

Rendered reference list:

References

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1. ↑ [[The Terminator (film)|]], In "Terminator Timeline", [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (film)|]] DVD Special Feature
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} [[The Terminator (film)|]]
3. ↑ [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day (film)|]]
4. ↑ John Connor insinuate that if T2 didn't happen, he was suppose to meet Robert Brewster, which were involved in the creation of Skynet, and later became a important person of human resistance. [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (film)|]].

Reference NotesEdit

• Clicking on the blue superscript 2.0 causes the screen display to scroll back up to the point where the first reference to The Terminator was inserted. Clicking on the blue superscript 2.1 causes the screen display to scroll back up to the point where the second reference to The Terminator was inserted. Clicking on the blue superscript 2.2 causes the screen display to scroll back up to the point where the the third reference to The Terminator was inserted ... and so forth.

• Clicking on any vertical arrow (↑) that has no associated superscripts cause the screen display to scroll back up to the point where that single-use references was inserted.

What to do when a reference link "goes dead"Edit

When a link in the References section or Notes section "goes dead" (see link rot), it should be repaired or replaced if possible, but the citation need not be deleted. External links/Further reading sections are not as important, but bad links in those sections should also be fixed. Often, a live substitute link can be found. In most cases, one of the following approaches will preserve an acceptable citation:

• If the link was merely a "convenience link" to an online copy of material that originally appeared in print, and an appropriate substitute cannot be found, remove the link but keep the citation.
• Some pages can be recovered from the Internet Archive or WebCite. Go to http://www.webarchive.org/ or http://www.webcitation.org, respectively, and search for the old link by URL. Make sure that your new citation mentions the date the page was archived by the Internet Archive. In the case of WebCite, any broken URL can be searched for and replaced using the format http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=URL&date=DATE, where URL is the URL that is broken and needs to be restored. The DATE variable is optional and indicates the (approximate) caching date. For example, http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Health_Report_July_2003.pdf&date=2005-12-31 retrieves a copy of the URL http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Health_Report_July_2003.pdf which is closest to the date of Dec 31st, 2005 (in this example, the actual caching date was 21 days before the requested date). WebCite allows on-demand prospective archiving and is not crawler-based; i.e. pages are only archived if the author has requested archiving when he cited the piece for the first time, which is highly recommended.
• If it was a link to web-only material, it may be worth the effort to search the target site, or the web in general using a search engine such as Google, for an equivalent page at a new location, an indication that the whole site has moved, etc.
• If you cannot find the page on the Internet Archive, remember that you can often find recently deleted pages in Google's cache. They will not be there long, and it is no use linking to them, but this may let you find the content, which can be useful in finding an equivalent page elsewhere on the Internet and linking to that.

If none of those strategies succeed, or the newly found site is considered unreliable, the cited material and citation should be removed if the material is contentious or concerns a living person. Otherwise, if the cited material is retained, record in the citation the date that the original link was found to be inactive — even inactive, it still records the sources that were used, and it is possible hard copies of such references may exist, or alternatively that the page will turn up in the near future in the Internet Archive, which lags by six months or more.

Some source material, especially scientific papers, can be cited using a digital object identifier, by linking through dx.doi.org. This will allow citation links to remain intact even if the URL changes.

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Wikipedia:Citing_sources. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Terminator Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.