Help:Citation Style 2

Citation Style 2 (CS2) is a well-used method of referencing WikiQueer articles using the Citation template. The use of a template produces a consistent look.

The use of CS2 or of templates is not compulsory; per WQ:CITEVAR:

"Citations within each WikiQueer article should follow a consistent style. Editors may choose any style they want. The English WikiQueer does not have a house style, so it need not match what is done in other articles."

How the templates work
CS2 templates present a citation generally as:
 * With author:
 * author (date), title, publisher, identifiers


 * Without author:
 * title, publisher, date, identifiers

For example:

Dates
Dates are generally included by three parameters:
 * date: Full date of publication edition being referenced, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Must not be wikilinked.
 * OR: year: Year of publication edition being referenced
 * month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
 * origyear: Original publication year, for display alongside the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics, for instance  or  . This parameter only displays if there is a value for year or date.

It is important that date be used only for the full date; using a year only will create a malformed anchor when that feature is enabled.

Dates formats per WQ:DATESNO:
 * Do not wikilink
 * Use month before day or day before month styles and use them consistently throughout the article
 * Access and archive dates in references should be in either the publication date format, or YYYY-MM-DD

Anchors
Shortened footnotes and parenthetical referencing may create links that will jump to an anchor created by the CS2 template. Anchors are always created but may be modified by use of ref. The standard is formatted as. For example:


 * Creates an anchor named.
 * Creates an anchor named.


 * ID: Creates a custom anchor defined by ID . This is useful where the author and/or date is unknown.