The References Section of a Wiki Article

The references section of all Wiki articles should NEVER be modified or added to. It is a placeholder where generated references are inserted by the Wiki System. This section looks like this:

Code:

[h="1"]References[/h]
[REFLIST][/REFLIST]

Nothing else need be added here. All references are managed with the [FOOTNOTE] tag.

Managing Footnotes

Footnotes contain information pointing to reference materials. The [FOOTNOTE] BBCode may be styled in several ways, and is also handy for managing references which are used in multiple locations of the article. In this way, the full information for a reference only needs to be inserted for the first use of the reference and should always be in the first reference, otherwise references will not be indexed properly.

The [FOOTNOTE] tag takes this form of a reference ID for each unique reference and the text containing the reference. References may also be URL's pointing to entries in the "Studies" section of the site or URL's which point to illustrative posts found elsewhere on the site.

The "Footnote ID" has absolutely nothing to do with placement order and may be any unique ID for a given reference. By using a unique ID, the references may be reused by using only the "Footnote ID".

Code:

[FOOTNOTE=<Footnote ID>]<URL or APA Style Reference Entry>[/FOOTNOTE]

When using URL's one should consider linking to something contained on this site rather than an off-site link as they may go dead over time. If it's an article, research paper, or other material, please upload the referenced material to the appropriate "Studies" section. If you cannot upload it, make a request in the MedLine Help thread. Once the article is in place, make sure all references in the Wiki Article are updated.

Some items, like books, might not be available for archival in the "Studies" section. In that case, refer to the book in standard APA format without a link so proper attribution is made.

NOTE: Avoid offsite links to references as they may go dead over time.

Example Using Two References

The code here uses two footnotes, one with the ID of "ref2" and the other "ref1". Footnote "ref2" is used twice, and any subsequent uses after the first only need to contain the "Footnote ID". By using the "Footnote ID", possible typos in more than one Reference Entry can create multiple entries in the references section. By using only the "Footnote ID", this is avoided (and it saves on typing, copying, and pasting).

Note: the "Footnote ID" has nothing to do with placement of the reference, this is simply for cataloging references as unique and allows reuse.

This is how the code above appears in the Wiki and References section:

Wiki authors differ from most normal forum users.[1] By performing detailed genetic analysis of frequent Wiki Writers, we are able to distinguish which genetic factors are important for completing a well written Wiki Article, most are in the Wiki Writers Group.[2]

Additional comparison of biomarkers to other types of writers cannot be determined at this time, though more research is planned in this area.[1]

References

1. ^ a bAuthor, A., Person, P., Assistant, R., Janitor, L & Raff, R., (2013) Wonderfully insightful article title illustrating the use of genetic biomarkers in wiki writers, PNAS, vol 800 no 16, 1862-1905
2. ^Wiki writers