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| {{Related|How To Make Footnotes|Template:Lore Citation Needed|Lore}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Help:Citing Sources in a Lore Article]] |
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| === Using <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags ===
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| When using a source only one time in an article, the format <nowiki><ref>Source</ref></nowiki> is acceptable. When using the same source throughout an article, giving the source a name is the correct procedure. To give a source a name, use the following steps:
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| # When the source is first used, place it in this format: <nowiki><ref name=SourceName>Source</ref></nowiki>
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| # When using the same source again, place it in this format: <nowiki><ref name=SourceName/></nowiki> | |
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| At the end of the article, place this text to have references displayed:
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| <pre>
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| == References ==
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| <references/>
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| </pre>
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| More details can be found at [[How To Make Footnotes]].
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| === Format ===
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| Lore sources should be formatted in the following way:
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| :<nowiki>yyyy/mm [[Patch]] - [[Source]]</nowiki>
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| If no date/patch information is available, simply link to the source:
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| :<nowiki>[[Source]]</nowiki>
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| === Acceptable Sources ===
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| * Most in-game sources, such as [[:Category:Text|Text]]s, Item descriptions, and In-Game dialog.
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| * Some internet sources, such as [[:Category:Internet Lore Article|Internet Lore Article]]s and Developer quotes.
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| === What to Link to ===
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| Some times it may not be clear what to link to. Here are some example situations and the proper article to link to.
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| <b>Quest Dialog</b>
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| :<i>Example:</i>
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| ::[[Worcer]]'s dialog from the quest [[Worcer's Missing Heirlooms]]:
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| :::<font color=darkgoldenrod>Worcer tells you, "My parents were killed there when I was but a boy, when Holtburg was overrun with Tumeroks. I was saved, whisked away by the mage Celcynd at my parents' behest." </font>
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| :<font color=red><i>Incorrect Source:</i></font>
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| :: 1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Worcer]]
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| :<font color=green><i>Correct Source:</i></font>
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| :: 2004/12 [[The Calm]] - [[Worcer's Missing Heirlooms]]
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| <b>Town Crier/Ulgrim Dialog</b>
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| :<i>Example:</i>
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| ::[[Town Crier]]'s dialog from the patch [[The Beast With Many Heads]]:
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| :::<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that there's a well of magical water within the roots of the Deru tree on the Vesayens."</font>
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| :<font color=red><i>Incorrect Source:</i></font>
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| :: 2008/02 [[The Beast With Many Heads]] - [[Town Crier]]
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| :<font color=green><i>Correct Source:</i></font>
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| :: 2008/02 [[The Beast With Many Heads]] - [[The_Beast_With_Many_Heads#Town_Crier_Rumors|Town Crier Rumors]]
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| <b>Event Article Text</b>
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| :<i>Example:</i>
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| ::[[Ancient Powers]] Teaser, regarding Oswald and MacTavish:
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| :::"The two men were old friends, comrades in a long-ago war on another world, and had not seen each other in years."
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| :<font color=red><i>Incorrect Source:</i></font> (linked to patch page)
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| ::2008/08 [[Ancient Powers]] - [[Ancient_Powers#Teaser|Teaser]]
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| :<font color=green><i>Correct Source:</i></font> (linked to announcements page)
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| ::2008/08 [[Ancient Powers]] - [[Announcements_-_2008/08_-_Ancient_Powers#Teaser|Teaser]]
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| <b>Pre-Release sources</b>
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| :<i>Example:</i>
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| ::[[Asheron's Call Historical Archive]]
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| :<font color=red><i>Incorrect Source:</i></font>
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| ::1999/10 [[Asheron's Call Beta]] - [[Asheron's Call Historical Archive]]
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| :<font color=green><i>Correct Source:</i></font>
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| ::1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Historical Archive]]
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