WikiQueer:Citing sources/Further considerations

This page includes some additional considerations for citing sources. The information is here so as not to distract from content on the main Citing sources project page - which should allow new editors to get quickly started. What's here is felt to be of relevance to further interested editors.

Pre-emptive archiving
The content of any webpage may alter of course, and may in time disappear completely. In any case where a webpage is referred to from an article, where it may be subject to future change or removal, the specification of an alternate archive URL will ensure link accessibility and stability. When referenced content can be retrieved from an archive source such as the Internet Archive or WebCite then archive information can be included along with the original reference information. Anticipating the possibility of future alteration or deletion, archive URL information can thus be added pre-emptively, at the time of reference's initial inclusion and ahead of any potential issues with the original link.

WebCite
WebCite allows immediate archiving of individual webpages upon request. This is distinct from the inherent delays of the Internet Archive's automated web-crawling method; for which new or recently published material may take several months to appear, and for which more transient pages may be missed altogether.

Subject to copyright protection, WebCite allows you to pre-empt the possibility of future page alteration or deletion with its archive form - http://www.webcitation.org/archive.php. As part of the archiving process, a message is sent to your specified e-mail address giving a unique archive URL that can be used to access the content. As well as a confirming e-mail, submission of a request results in an on-screen message advising you of the archive URL there and then - so you can use it in your article reference straightaway.

Wikilinks to full references
Wikilinks can be created from short note citations to their appropriate full references. For full details about using these wikilinks, see Template:harvard citation documentation.

All of these methods produce this result. Note that clicking on the link in the footnote moves to the full citation, which in some browsers is then highlighted.  The Sun is pretty big, but the Moon is not so big. The Sun is also quite hot.



Using template Harvnb
Templates harv, harvnb and harvtxt link to citation automatically, and link to cite book, cite web, cite news, cite journal, if ref is set to "harv". This is the most common method used in WikiQueer.   The Sun is pretty big, &lt;ref>''' &lt;/ref> but the Moon is not so big. &lt;ref>''' &lt;/ref> The Sun is also quite hot. &lt;ref>''' &lt;/ref> &#61;= Notes == &#61;= References == *. * 

Using the shortened footnote template
Template Sfn links to Citation automatically, and links to cite book, cite web, cite news, cite journal, if ref is set to "harv". Sfn also combines identical footnotes automatically, so footnote names are not necessary. The method was introduced much more recently than harvnb.   The Sun is pretty big, ''' but the Moon is not so big. '''  The Sun is also quite hot. '''   &#61;= Notes == &#61;= References == *. * 

Using freehand anchors
Most citation templates (for example citation, cite journal, cite book, cite web, cite news, etc.) can cater for wikilinks by using the ref parameter to create hyperlink destination anchors, thus allowing the short note citation to link to them using # (in the same way as would a link to a same-page section heading). For references written freehand anchors can be created with the inclusion of some identifying tags.   The Sun is pretty big, &lt;ref> [ [#refMiller2005|Miller (2005)]], p.23.&lt;/ref> but the Moon is not so big. &lt;ref> [ [#refBrown2006|Brown (2006)]], p.46.&lt;/ref> The Sun is also quite hot. &lt;ref> [ [#refMiller2005|Miller 2005]], p.34.&lt;/ref> &#61;= Notes == &#61;= References == *  *  

Using Wikicite
The template Wikicite method is used in about 100 articles.

  The Sun is pretty big, &lt;ref> [ [#refMiller2005|Miller (2005)]], p.23.&lt;/ref> but the Moon is not so big. &lt;ref> [ [#refBrown2006|Brown (2006)]], p.46.&lt;/ref> The Sun is also quite hot. &lt;ref> [ [#refMiller2005|Miller 2005]], p.34.&lt;/ref> &#61;= Notes == &#61;= References == *     *    