උදවු:Citations quick reference

මෙම පිටුව ඉංග්‍රීසි ව්‍යාපෘතියෙන් මෙහි ගෙනවිත් ඇත. අන්තර්ගතය අපගේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය සමඟ 100% නොගැලපෙනමුත් අපගේ අවශ්‍යතාවයන් වලට අනුකූලව ගොඩනගා ගැනීම සඳහා මූලික පියවර ලෙස භාවිතා කළ හැකිය.

මෙම උදවු පිටුව කෙලෙසද-මාර්ගෝපදේශනයකි. මෙය විකිපීඩියාවේ ප්‍රතිමාන සහ ක්‍රියාමාර්ගවල සමහර ලක්ෂණ විස්තර කරයි. එය විකිපීඩියාවේ ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන අතුරින් එකක් නොවේ, and may reflect varying levels of consensus and vetting. මෙම පිටුව තුල කිසිවක් අසංගත නම් එම ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන වෙත යොමු වන්න

Citations are important in Wikipedia to ensure that information comes from actual, reliable sources (WP:V, WP:CITE). There are three preferred ways of citing sources:

1. Footnotes
2. Footnotes with list-defined references
3. Shortened footnotes

Citations can also be placed as external links, but these are not preferred because they are prone to link rot and usually lack the full information necessary to find the original source in cases of link rot. In cases where citations are lacking, the template {{fact}} can be added after the statement in question.

The following table shows examples of these ways of citing sources, categorized as "the good, the bad and the ugly".

	Citation style	Article wikitext	Appears as	References section wikitext	Appears as
Good	Footnotes	Substantiated claim.<ref name="Robinson">{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Arthur Howard |authorlink=Arthur H. Robinson |date=1995 |origyear=1953 |title=Elements of Cartography |edition=6th |location=New York |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |isbn=0471555797 |oclc=30976558}}</ref>{{rp|13}} Another substantiated claim.<ref name="Robinson" />{{rp|42}} Substantiated claim from web site.<ref name="example web reference">{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org |title=Example |website=www.example.org |accessdate=5 September 2020}} Additional text about the link.</ref>	Substantiated claim.[1]:13 Another substantiated claim.[1]:42 Substantiated claim from web site.[2]	===References=== <references/> or ==References== {{reflist}}	References Robinson, Arthur Howard (1995) [1953]. Elements of Cartography (6th ed.). New York: Wiley. ISBN 0471555797. OCLC 30976558. "Example". www.example.org. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 5 September 2020. Additional text about the link.
Good	Footnotes with list-defined references	Substantiated claim.<ref name="Robinson" />{{rp|13}} Another substantiated claim.<ref name="Robinson" />{{rp|42}} Substantiated claim from web site.<ref name="example web reference"/>	Substantiated claim.[1]:13 Another substantiated claim.[1]:42 Substantiated claim from web site.[2]	==References== <references> <ref name="Robinson">{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Arthur Howard |authorlink=Arthur H. Robinson |date=1995 |origyear=1953 |title=Elements of Cartography |edition=6th |location=New York |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |isbn=0471555797 |oclc=30976558}}</ref> <ref name="example web reference">{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org |title=Example |website=www.example.org |accessdate=5 September 2020}} Additional text about the link.</ref> </references>	References Robinson, Arthur Howard (1995) [1953]. Elements of Cartography (6th ed.). New York: Wiley. ISBN 0471555797. OCLC 30976558. "Example". www.example.org. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 5 September 2020. Additional text about the link.
Good	Shortened footnotes	Substantiated claim.{{sfn|Harris|Sanborn|2014|p=13}} Another substantiated claim.{{sfn|Harris|Sanborn|2014|p=42}} Substantiated claim from web site.{{sfn|Example|2020}}	Substantiated claim.[1] Another substantiated claim.[2] Substantiated claim from web site.[3]	==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org |title=Example |website=www.example.org |accessdate=5 September 2020 |ref={{harvid|Example|2020}}}} Additional text about the link. * {{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Richard Jackson |last2=Sanborn |first2=Fred W. |date=2014 |origyear=1994 |title=A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication |edition=6th |series=Routledge Communication Series |location=New York |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9780415537049 |oclc=785869181}} {{refend}}	Notes Harris & Sanborn 2014, පිටු අංකය: 13. Harris & Sanborn 2014, පිටු අංකය: 42. Example 2020. References "Example". www.example.org. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 5 September 2020. Additional text about the link. Harris, Richard Jackson; Sanborn, Fred W. (2014) [1994]. A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication. Routledge Communication Series (6th ed.). New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415537049. OCLC 785869181.
Bad	Embedded links	Substantiated claim.[https://www.loc.gov]	Substantiated claim.[1]	* [https://www.loc.gov Library of Congress website]	Library of Congress website
Ugly	Citation needed	Unsubstantiated claim.{{fact}}	Unsubstantiated claim.^[තහවුරු කර නොමැත]

See also

• Help:Introduction to referencing
• Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor
• Help:Footnotes
• Help:References and page numbers
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Wikipedia:Citation templates
• Template:Editor tools