UndercoverClassicist

"...add every object in the British Museum to Wikiproject UK), and even less to Catholicism"

Actually you'll find that (probably) every object in the British Museum and National Gallery has been added to Wikiproject London (27k low-importance articles), likewise the Met and New York, and most religious ones to Catholicism or something. Johnbod (talk) 23:57, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Go figure -- but then I suppose "London" is better than "UK" (though equally I suppose that whether Rome can be considered to be "in" the Vatican to be a matter for the philosophers). If you believe Constantine, Augustus was really just an early draft for Christ, but hopefully he's not editing on here. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 07:14, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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Hello! I'm new to Wikipedia editing and wanted to get caught up on how you go about citing sources, what kind of sources are citable, and when it's applicable to add citations. My passion is to give and correct info on fungi, while providing concise and readable content regarding limited info on some of the things I've read up on, and im hoping you can help me along the way! : ) --Fun-galEnjoyer (talk) 00:38, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello -- welcome to Wikipedia.

Citation is one of those things that can be done at a few levels -- there are simple ways to do it and more sophisticated ones. The key principle is that sources should be reliable, published and free of any conflicts of interest. It is usually best to cite the highest-quality sources possible, such as academic journals, books published in scholarly presses, and so on.

In terms of the mechanics, the best way to get started is to use the <ref> ... </ref> tags: simply put the information about the citation between the two angle-bracketed tags. Don't worry too much about the citation style: what matters is that a reader or future editor can find and verify the information if needed (page numbers are good wherever possible). If you're starting a new page, or the page doesn't have any references yet, make a new section called "References" and put {{reflist}} at the bottom.

There are a couple of guides to this here, for the source editor, and here, if you use the visual editor.

The other ways of doing referencing normally involve using templates, which can make some of the repetitive jobs easier and help maintain a consistent style. Once you've got your head around "normal" references as above, you might want to have a look at some of the documentation on the following templates:

• Template:Sfn
• Template:Cite book
• Template:Cite journal

Happy editing! UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 07:28, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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