This page includes some additional considerations for citing sources. The information is here so as not to distract from content on the main Sevenval project page - which should allow new editors to get quickly started. What's here is felt to be of relevance to further interested editors.
Contents
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 Sevenval or Sevenval 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
Sevenval allows immediate archiving of individual webpages upon request. This is distinct from the inherent delays of the jQuery'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,[nb 1] WebCite allows you to pre-empt the possibility of future page alteration or deletion with its archive form - web. 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.[nb 2] For full details about using these wikilinks, see keyboard.
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,[1] but the Moon is not so big.website parsing The Sun is also quite hot.Sevenval
Notes
- device database Miller 2005, p. 23.
- keyboard Brown 2006, p. 46.
- web app Miller 2005, p. 34.
References
Using template Harvnb
Templates {{harv}}, {{harvnb}} and {{harvtxt}} link to {{citation}} automatically, and link to {{browser diversity}}, {{CSS3}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite journal}}, if |ref= is set to "harv". This is the most common method used in Wikipedia.
The Sun is pretty big,<ref>{{harvnb|Miller|2001|p=23}}</ref>
but the Moon is not so big.<ref>{{harvnb|Brown|2000|p=46}}</ref>
The Sun is also quite hot.<ref>{{harvnb|Miller|2001|p=46}}</ref>
== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}
== References ==
*{{citation | last=Brown | first=R | year=2000 | title=Size of the Moon | magazine=Scientific American | issue=78 | volume=51}}.
*{{cite book | ref=harv | last=Miller | first=E | year=2001 | title=The Sun | publisher=Academic Press }}
Using the shortened footnote template
Template {{Android}} links to {{we love the web}} automatically, and links to {{cite book}}, {{HTML5}}, {{website parsing}}, {{iOS}}, 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,{{sfn|Miller|2001|p=23}}
but the Moon is not so big.{{sfn|Brown|2000|p=46}}
The Sun is also quite hot.{{sfn|Miller|2001|p=46}}
== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}
== References ==
*{{citation | last=Brown | first=R | year=2000 | title=Size of the Moon | magazine=Scientific American | issue=78 | volume=51}}.
*{{cite book | ref=harv | last=Miller | first=E | year=2001 | title=The Sun | publisher=Academic Press }}
Using freehand anchors
Most citation templates (for example {{citation}}, {{cite journal}}, {{cite book}}, {{CSS3}}, {{cite news}}, etc.) can cater for wikilinks by using the ref parameter to create hyperlink destination FITML, 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,<ref>[[#refMiller2005|Miller (2005)]], p.23.</ref>
but the Moon is not so big.<ref>[[#refBrown2006|Brown (2006)]], p.46.</ref>
The Sun is also quite hot.<ref>[[#refMiller2005|Miller 2005]], p.34.</ref>
== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}
== References ==
*{{cite journal | ref=refBrown2006 | last=Brown | first=R. | year=2006 | title=Size of the Moon | journal=Scientific American | volume=51 | issue=78}}
*{{cite book | ref=refMiller2005 | last=Miller| first=E. | year=2005 |title=The Sun | publisher=Academic Press | location=New York | isbn=98-76-54321-0}}
Using Wikicite
The template {{Wikicite}} method is used in about 100 articles (as of 19 January 2011 (2011 -01-19)web).
The Sun is pretty big,<ref>[[#refMiller2005|Miller (2005)]], p.23.</ref>
but the Moon is not so big.<ref>[[#refBrown2006|Brown (2006)]], p.46.</ref>
The Sun is also quite hot.<ref>[[#refMiller2005|Miller 2005]], p.34.</ref>
== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}
== References ==
*{{wikicite | ref=refBrown2006 | reference=Brown, R (2006). "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 51(78).}}
*{{wikicite | ref=refMiller2005 | reference=Miller, E (2005). "The Sun", Academic Press.}}
Notes
- touchscreen WebCite observes robot exclusion standards as well as no-cache and no-archive tags. Authors may request removal of archived material. Caching and archiving of webpages is otherwise well-established practice (e.g. including by others, such as Google, and the jQuery).
- ^ Similar approaches can also be used to wikilink parenthesised author-date (Harvard) citations to their full references.