Help talk:Overview of referencing styles

Merge
I wonder if this should be merged with WP:Verification methods and Citing sources/Example edits for different methods. CharlesGillingham (talk) 19:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I created this to help editors identify what style an article uses. Merging itinto something else looses that point, unless it is kept as a section. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk 10:46, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Dated?
I like the markup for the examples- it is really clear. I am currently looking (with despair) at all the referencing help pages, an FA reviews ahead of a edit-a-thon I am doing for a learned society.

There needs to be two extra sections to be current, and maybe a third if anyone ever uses Visual Editor.

This is what a lot of newbies will see when they start trying to improve a stub.
 * There needs to be a basic section


 * - without the use of s This style appears on FAs while  are still rare.
 * I don't see much point in comparing the merits of Footnote3 when it is now historic- but thanks for explaining it to me. More to the point would be a comparison between cite.php / sfn/ Harvnb. All occur in some number in FAs
 * There must be a better name for cite.php referencing. Similarly the habit of calling harvnbs parenthesical-style should be discussed even it it is to explain to me how to spell and pronounce the word.
 * sfns must explain efns

Any comments- I like to know before I start interfering. Nice mark-up I am taking it as a souvenir. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 15:28, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The template is not generally used for parenthetical referencing because it lacks parentheses, that's why it has "nb" - i.e. "no brackets"; it's normally placed inside  tags. Parenthetical referencing is achieved using, see for example Actuary. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:52, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

academic styles
I thought that this article would indicate whether Wikipedia supports Modern Language Association Style Guide or APA style in its citation style. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rootsmusic (talk • contribs) 19:47, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * As noted at WP:CITESTYLE, Wikipedia does not have a single house style, though citations within any given article should follow a consistent style. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 22:17, 13 January 2021 (UTC)