FamilySearch Wiki:Source Citation Formats - Revision history

Wyzer17: added the word "strongly"

2011-11-11T00:21:01Z

added the word "strongly"

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	{{Guideline}}		{{Guideline}}

−	The FamilySearch Research Wiki encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:	+	The FamilySearch Research Wiki strongly encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:

	#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br>		#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br>
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	#*Publication Information		#*Publication Information
	#*Date (if a website, the date the information was accessed)		#*Date (if a website, the date the information was accessed)
−	#*Page Number	+	#*Page Number
	#Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article.		#Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article.

RitcheyMT: Tweaked policy for less U.S.-centrism

2011-06-08T15:24:21Z

Tweaked policy for less U.S.-centrism

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−	{{Guideline}}	+	{{Guideline}}

	The FamilySearch Research Wiki encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:		The FamilySearch Research Wiki encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:

−	#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any style is acceptable, ~~though~~ the ~~Elizabeth Shown Mills/Turabian/Chicago styles are preferred (they are very similar)~~.	+	#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any widely-accepted style is acceptable, but the style should remain consistent throughout the article.<br>
	#If you do not know a specific citation style, simply add all of the information you can about the source and place punctuation between the different parts of the source. The important thing is to get the information down. A source citation consists of:		#If you do not know a specific citation style, simply add all of the information you can about the source and place punctuation between the different parts of the source. The important thing is to get the information down. A source citation consists of:
	#*Author		#*Author
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	Additional help for creating citations:		Additional help for creating citations:

−	[[Citations (Mills Style)\|~~Citations (~~Mills ~~Style)~~]] ~~contains useful information on~~ the ~~Elizabeth Shown Mills~~ style.	+	The [[Citations (Mills Style)\|Elizabeth Shown Mills style]] is preferred by genealogists in the United States because it is a genealogically-targeted adaptation of the popular Chicago and Turabian styles. It is also endorsed as the preferred style of the [http://www.bcgcertification.org/ Board for Certification of Genealogists]. <br>

−	The following sites have tools that assist in the automatic creation of source citations:	+	[[Citations (Mills Style)\|Citations]]The following sites have tools that assist in the automatic creation of source citations:

	*[http://www.bibme.org/ BibMe.org]		*[http://www.bibme.org/ BibMe.org]
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
−	* [[FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable]] - policy about sources
−	* [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]

−	{{Policies and guidelines}}	+	*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable]] - policy about sources
		+	*[[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]
		+
		+	{{Policies and guidelines}}

	[[Category:Style_guidelines]]		[[Category:Style_guidelines]]

Cottrells: /* See also */ add link to FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable

2011-05-06T06:18:06Z

See also: add link to FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
−		+	* [[FamilySearch Wiki:Verifiable]] - policy about sources
−	*[[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]	+	* [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]

	{{Policies and guidelines}}		{{Policies and guidelines}}

	[[Category:Style_guidelines]]		[[Category:Style_guidelines]]

Cottrells: add {{Guideline}} header and the {{Policies and guidelines}} navbox

2011-05-06T06:07:31Z

add {{Guideline}} header and the {{Policies and guidelines}} navbox

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	The FamilySearch Research Wiki encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:		The FamilySearch Research Wiki encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:

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	*[[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]		*[[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]
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		+	{{Policies and guidelines}}

	[[Category:Style_guidelines]]		[[Category:Style_guidelines]]

Randyhoffman: removed discussion template, added policy from Forums thread

2011-05-05T22:04:28Z

removed discussion template, added policy from Forums thread

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−	~~{{MOS Proposal}}~~	+	The FamilySearch Research Wiki encourages the use of source citations in all of its articles to help individuals find places to look for further research and to show the strength of the source materials. To cite your sources:
−	~~Some in the~~ FamilySearch Wiki ~~community would like~~ to ~~establish standards~~ for source ~~citation~~. ~~Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA?~~	+

−	~~== See also ==~~	+	#Include a citation reference showing where information came from. Any style is acceptable, though the Elizabeth Shown Mills/Turabian/Chicago styles are preferred (they are very similar).
−	* ~~[[Cite Your Sources~~ (~~Source Footnotes~~)]]	+	#If you do not know a specific citation style, simply add all of the information you can about the source and place punctuation between the different parts of the source. The important thing is to get the information down. A source citation consists of:
		+	#*Author
		+	#*Title
		+	#*Publication Information
		+	#*Date (if a website, the date the information was accessed)
		+	#*Page Number
		+	#Keep the citation style consistent within an article. The first contributor to add a reference to an article sets the style for that article.

−	[[~~Category:~~Style ~~guideline proposals~~\|~~{{PAGENAME}}~~]]	+	Additional help for creating citations:
		+
		+	[[Citations (Mills Style)\|Citations (Mills Style)]] contains useful information on the Elizabeth Shown Mills style.
		+
		+	The following sites have tools that assist in the automatic creation of source citations:
		+
		+	*[http://www.bibme.org/ BibMe.org]
		+	*[http://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat]
		+	*[http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero]
		+
		+	== See also ==
		+
		+	*[[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]
		+
		+	[[Category:Style_guidelines]]

Cottrells: add see also

2009-10-19T17:47:39Z

add see also

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	Some in the FamilySearch Wiki community would like to establish standards for source citation. Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA?		Some in the FamilySearch Wiki community would like to establish standards for source citation. Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA?
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		+	== See also ==
		+	* [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)]]

	[[Category:Style guideline proposals\|{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:Style guideline proposals\|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Cottrells: add {{MOS Proposal}}

2009-10-16T10:56:41Z

add {{MOS Proposal}}

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−	Some in the FamilySearch Wiki community would like to establish standards for source citation. Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA? ~~See the growing debate on the discussion page. ~~	+	{{MOS Proposal}}
−		+	Some in the FamilySearch Wiki community would like to establish standards for source citation. Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA?
−	~~== Related Pages ==~~	+
−		+
−	~~[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style\|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]]~~	+

	[[Category:Style guideline proposals\|{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:Style guideline proposals\|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Cottrells: add cat sort

2009-10-16T08:41:21Z

add cat sort

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	[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style\|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]]		[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style\|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]]

−	[[Category:Style guideline proposals]]	+	[[Category:Style guideline proposals\|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Cottrells: add cat

2009-10-16T08:39:13Z

add cat

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	[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style\|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]]		[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style\|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]]
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		+	[[Category:Style guideline proposals]]

RitcheyMT: link

2009-06-02T19:42:53Z

link

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−	Some in the FamilySearch Wiki community would like to establish standards for source citation. Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA? See the growing debate on the discussion page.	+	Some in the FamilySearch Wiki community would like to establish standards for source citation. Should we use Turabian? Shown Mills? Chicago? APA? MLA? See the growing debate on the discussion page.
		+
		+	== Related Pages ==
		+
		+	[[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style\|FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style]]