Help:Overview of referencing styles

WikiQueer uses various systems to include and present citations of reliable sources that support assertions in the article content and to add explanatory and supplementary material.

In-text cites
The in-text cite is the element placed in the text that indicates or links to the full citation that supports the preceding content.

Shortened footnotes
In this short example, note that an in-text cite such as links to the shortened citation in the Notes list, which in turn links to the long citation in the References list:

{{markup The Norwegian Blue Parrot will not move if its feet are nailed to the perch.{{sfn|Praline|1969|p=12}} Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians.{{sfn|Praline|1969|p=16}}
 * The brontosaurus is thin at one end.{{sfn|Elk|1972|p=5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972|p=6}}

Footnote3
Footnote3 is a deprecated but still used method of referencing. Although it appears similar to the Footnotes system, it uses the ref and note templates.

{{markup The Moon, however, is not so big.{{ref|2}}
 * According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.{{ref|1}}