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The section "Use in footnotes" starts with the sentence "For a citation to appear in a footnote, it needs to be enclosed in 'ref' tags." This gives the impression that REF tags are the only way. That is how I understood it, now a year ago, when I first learned to cite sources in Wikipedia. Clearly this is not the case as the Sfn template also generates a citation in a footnote. It took me a long time to discover Sfn, which I then preferred over the quite heavy-going REF.../REF for many reasons. I think the Sfn template, which Charlie Gillingham wrote in 2009, has still not found its deserved place in the Wikipedia documentation. - I might be wrong; perhaps most Wikipedians regret that Sfn was ever accepted and would like us all to exclusively use REF.../REF? Whatever might be the case, I do not want to edit this text without consensus and probably a newby like me is not the right person to do it. What do you all think of this? Johannes Schade (talk)
I've been told by 109.76.193.171 (talk · contribs) that the |language=
parameter isn't to be used for English-language sorces. However, many of the citation templates include language otherwise, like this from ((cite book)): Because cs1|2 templates are often copied from en.wiki to other wikis, the use of language codes is preferred so that language names render in the correct language and form
. Should Template:Cite book/doc (and all others similarly) be updated to reflect the consensus refered to by 109.76.193.171? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 02:29, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
See what documentation exactly? Template:Cite_web says 'When the only source language is English, no language is displayed in the citation.' There's no point in tagging non-English languages. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 15:54, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
|language=en
arose from discussion at or related WP:MED and the translation of medical articles to other-language wikis.Important parts of WP:BRD are WP:DISCUSS and WP:STATUSQUO and I reject the above assertion that I was not following the process. I also object to editors asserting that things are required when they cannot explain or show discussions to support their claims. It is also strange when an editor insists on strict markup formatting in one place and in another includes apparently optional unnecessary bloated markup. If the rules were half as clear as some editors claim, then supporting their arguments would be easy.
For the record user Fourthords found an old discussion which explained that "It was requested by editors who copy citations from en.WP to WP in other languages" and that resolved the matter. -- 109.79.160.61 (talk) 11:38, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
There are some articles that cite Chinese books. However the template would Italicize the Chinese characters. I wonder if there can be some way to stop this italicizing feature when it comes to Chinese characters or language. 2001:B011:7000:1613:84F0:68A:70DC:75F4 (talk) 03:23, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
|script-title=
. See Template:Cite book § TitleI see the title is required in Cite News, Web, and Citation templates or it generates an error. A lot of short newspaper articles over a hundred years old do not have a title because it required manually setting it in type for the printer, so they saved space by leaving it out. I'm using Cite News. Any suggestion on how to fill out the title field in these templates so they work? I've got the newspaper title, page, date, publisher, quote, and a url for books.google where the full newspaper has been visually scanned and archived (not in a book). The ref is going in a biography. Should I fiil in the title field with the bio subject's name, newspaper name, or use my best judgment to invent a title? 5Q5|✉ 12:47, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
What is the best way to accomplish this? 162.218.225.247 (talk) 09:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)