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To This encyclopedia cites resources in a semantically meaningful way, i.e. each citation refers to a properly defined [[:Category:Bibliographic Record|bibliographic resource]]. Thus, to add a reference, please make use of <code><nowiki>[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)]]</nowiki></code> style annotations. Here is an example:

To make this If a citation works, a properly formatted reference will show up in the reference section at the bottom of the page. In order for the citation to work, the bibliographic resource - in this case <code><nowiki>Barseghyan (2015)</nowiki></code> - should must be previously added to the encyclopedia's compilation of bibliographical records. To do this, you must first enter the author or authors of the work in the author records. You can do this by visiting the [[:Category:Bibliographic RecordAuthor|the bibliographic recordsAuthor record]] of this encyclopediapage. Instructions for entering an author record are available on that page. Once a bibliographic An author record is created, it only needs to be entered once. It can then be cited from any page used for every bibliographic record created for the works of the encyclopediathat author. {{note}} When Next you are creating must create a bibliographic record for an historic publication, use the year of publication of cited work. Do this by visiting the modern resource you are using, rather than [[:Category:Bibliographic Record|bibliographic record]] page and following the date of original publicationinstructions given there and below here. A bibliographic record only needs to be created once. For example, Descartes' ''Treatise on Man'' was originally published in 1664, but if After you are using the translation of the ''Treatise'' published by Prometheus Books in 2003have done so, it can then you should cite the date be cited from any page of publication as 2003, not 1664. If needed indicate the date of original publication in the textencyclopedia.

* collections of articles by ''different'' [[:Category:Author|authors]];

Whenever the source you are citing is a book (rather than a book section or paper), you should '''always ''' give the relevant page numbers. Whenever you are directly quoting the source, you should '''always ''' give the page number, regardless of the nature of the source. To indicate a specific page of the citation, please add <code><nowiki>|p. <pagenumber></nowiki></code> to the <code><nowiki>[[CiteRef...]]</nowiki></code> annotation. For example, <code><nowiki>[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. xii]]</nowiki></code> will produce this result:[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. xii]].

== Multiple Authors or Editors ==If a resource has more than one authoror editor, please make sure that each author /editor is added to the system individually and all authors names are indicated when defining the resource.  === Up to Three Authors or Editors ===If a resource has up to three authorsor editors, all of them will be openly listed. E.g.:

=== More than Three Authors or Editors ===If a resource has more than three authors/editors, please use <code><nowiki>et al.</nowiki></code> in the citation key of the resource. E.g.: <code><nowiki>Olby et al. (Eds.) (1990)</nowiki></code>[[CiteRef::Olby et al. (Eds.) (1990)]] However, ''all'' the authors/editors should still be listed as such when entering the bibliographic record of the resource.

If two or more resources need to be cited at the same time, please insert as many <code><nowiki>[[CiteRef...]]</nowiki></code> references as necessary, ''without '' separating them by spaces or commas.[[CiteRef::Kuhn (1970a)]][[CiteRef::Bird (2011)]]

For instance, the following code <syntaxhighlight lang="html4strict"code><nowiki>Some text citing 2 resources.[[CiteRef::Kuhn (1970a)]][[CiteRef::Bird (2011)]] </syntaxhighlightnowiki></code> produces the following result: Some text citing 2 resources.[[CiteRef::Kuhn (1970a)]][[CiteRef::Bird (2011)]]

=== Multiple Definitions Missing Page Numbers ===Each When a bibliographic resource must be defined precisely once throughout is cited for a specific idea, page numbers are normally required. Simply citing the whole encyclopediabook isn't really helpful; the respective page numbers should be included wherever reasonable. Defining  === Wrong Year ===It is tempting to cite the same year of first edition of a resource more than once can lead to unwanted consequenceseven when a later edition is used. This is unacceptable, since different editions should have different bibliographic records and should not be confused. To avoid confusion, the bibliographic data of the edition thatwas actually used is to be entered.  === Missing Letter ===When entering a resource, it is important to check if the author had other publications in the same year. If so, please make sure that a letter should be added after the year of the resource you to differentiate the publications within the same year, e.g. e.g. <code><nowiki>Feyerabend (1975a)</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>Feyerabend (1975b)</nowiki></code>. If the letters are about to define doesn't existmissing, different resources cannot be properly differentiated.