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Rob: /* Citations from literature */

2008-03-02T16:59:47Z

Citations from literature

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	=== Citations from literature ===		=== Citations from literature ===

	If you cite literature, the information in the footnote for the quoted text should look like the footnote for this sentence.<ref>Author's surname, First name (Year): ''Title of the book. Subtitle of the book.'' Where published: Publisher, page: 00</ref> If you quote from the same book but from another page you can do it like in the footnote for this sentence.<ref>ibid., page 01</ref> "ibid." is short for the Latin "ibidem", which means "in the same place". I our case it references to the same book that was mentioned in the footnote before.		If you cite literature, the information in the footnote for the quoted text should look like the footnote for this sentence.<ref>Author's surname, First name (Year): ''Title of the book. Subtitle of the book.'' Where published: Publisher, page: 1</ref> If you quote from the same book but from another page you can do it like in the footnote for this sentence.<ref>ibid., page 2</ref> "ibid." is short for the Latin "ibidem", which means "in the same place". I our case it references to the same book that was mentioned in the footnote before.

	=== Citations from websites ===		=== Citations from websites ===

Rob: /* Personal quotes */

2008-03-02T16:58:08Z

Personal quotes

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	Sometimes the case my occur that you want to quote someone personally, which means that you neither have literature, nor a website as a reference. In this case you can either use this method<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal conversation on DD/MM/YYYY in location</ref>, or if it was an email, letter or something the like you can also use this style<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal correspondence by letter/e-mail/etc. on DD/MM/YYYY</ref>.		Sometimes the case my occur that you want to quote someone personally, which means that you neither have literature, nor a website as a reference. In this case you can either use this method<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal conversation on DD/MM/YYYY in location</ref>, or if it was an email, letter or something the like you can also use this style<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal correspondence by letter/e-mail/etc. on DD/MM/YYYY</ref>.

			"This footnote might serve as a better example for personal quotes."<ref>Tommy Atkins, quoted after personal correspondence by mail on 02/03/2008</ref>

	== Related articles ==		== Related articles ==

Rob: /* Sentences */

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Sentences

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	=== Sentences ===		=== Sentences ===

	If you quote a sentence from ~~soeone~~ else within your text, you could ~~quote~~ it like this.		If you quote a sentence from someone else within your text, or if you want to give an explanation to an entire statement that would not fit in your text, you could do it like this:

	{\|{{Articletable}}		{\|{{Articletable}}
	\|style="background-color:#F5F5F5;" \|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam ut pede sit amet velit consectetuer imperdiet. ''"Maecenas ut metus ut nunc ullamcorper facilisis."''<ref>Source of the quote</ref> Ut est dui, euismod nec, sagittis quis, scelerisque sollicitudin, arcu.		\|style="background-color:#F5F5F5;" \|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam ut pede sit amet velit consectetuer imperdiet. ''"Maecenas ut metus ut nunc ullamcorper facilisis."''<ref>Source of the quote</ref> Ut est dui, euismod nec, sagittis quis, scelerisque sollicitudin, arcu.<ref>''Author's note:'' This is a meaningless sentence that is not even real Latin!</ref>
	\|}		\|}
	The footnote is placed immediately after the closing quotation mark of the sentence.		The footnote is placed immediately after the closing quotation mark of the sentence. Placing it somewhere within the sentence, it would reference to the word next to it.

	=== Paragraphs ===		=== Paragraphs ===

Rob: /* Personal quotes */

2008-03-02T16:50:45Z

Personal quotes

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	=== Personal quotes ===		=== Personal quotes ===

	~~Sometime~~ the case my occur that you want to quote someone personally, which means that you neither have literature, nor a website as a reference. In this case you can either use this<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal conversation on DD/MM/YYYY in location</ref>, or if it was an email, letter or something the like you can use this<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal correspondence by letter/e-mail/etc. on DD/MM/YYYY</ref> ~~style~~.		Sometimes the case my occur that you want to quote someone personally, which means that you neither have literature, nor a website as a reference. In this case you can either use this method<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal conversation on DD/MM/YYYY in location</ref>, or if it was an email, letter or something the like you can also use this style<ref>First name Surname, quoted after personal correspondence by letter/e-mail/etc. on DD/MM/YYYY</ref>.

	== Related articles ==		== Related articles ==

Rob: /* Citations from websites */

2008-03-02T16:49:28Z

Citations from websites

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	The best way to format a footnote for a citation from a website would be the one shown in this sentence's footnote.<ref>From: [http://xyz.com Website with the source for the quotation], last viewed on DD/MM/YYYY</ref>		The best way to format a footnote for a citation from a website would be the one shown in this sentence's footnote.<ref>From: [http://xyz.com Website with the source for the quotation], last viewed on DD/MM/YYYY</ref>

	Make sure to link to the page directly where you've found the the text you quoted. It is also a good idea to include the date when you found the quoted text there as it might not be there ~~anymorea~~ couple of weeks later.		Make sure to link to the page directly where you've found the the text you quoted. It is also a good idea to include the date when you found the quoted text there as it might not be there anymore a couple of weeks later.

	=== Personal quotes ===		=== Personal quotes ===

Rob: /* Paragraphs */

2008-03-02T16:48:19Z

Paragraphs

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	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam ut pede sit amet velit consectetuer imperdiet. Maecenas ut metus ut nunc ullamcorper facilisis. Ut est dui, euismod nec, sagittis quis, scelerisque sollicitudin, arcu. Phasellus dapibus ipsum eget mi. Fusce rhoncus. Nunc pretium turpis vel diam. Nulla magna turpis, gravida vel, posuere mollis, porta eget, erat. Ut luctus pulvinar velit. Nunc in dui id diam posuere mollis. Donec consequat elit ut nunc.		Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nullam ut pede sit amet velit consectetuer imperdiet. Maecenas ut metus ut nunc ullamcorper facilisis. Ut est dui, euismod nec, sagittis quis, scelerisque sollicitudin, arcu. Phasellus dapibus ipsum eget mi. Fusce rhoncus. Nunc pretium turpis vel diam. Nulla magna turpis, gravida vel, posuere mollis, porta eget, erat. Ut luctus pulvinar velit. Nunc in dui id diam posuere mollis. Donec consequat elit ut nunc.
	\|}		\|}
	Again the footnote is placed after the closing quotation mark at the end of the paragraph.		Again the footnote is placed after the closing quotation mark at the end of the paragraph and the quoted paragraph is set off visually from the rest of the text to mark it as a quote.

	== Formatting the footnotes ==		== Formatting the footnotes ==

Rob: /* Single words */

2008-03-02T16:46:45Z

Single words

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	{\|{{Articletable}}		{\|{{Articletable}}
	\|style="background-color:#F5F5F5;" \|Lorem ipsum dolor<ref>lat.: pain</ref> sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.		\|style="background-color:#F5F5F5;" \|Lorem ipsum dolor<ref>lat.: pain</ref> sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit<ref>Example for a footnote referencing the last word in a sentence</ref>.
	\|}		\|}
	The footnote is placed immediately after the the word. If the word is the last in the sentence, the footnote is placed after the word but '''before''' the full stop that ends the sentence. Placing it after, the footnote would reference to the entire sentence.		The footnote is placed immediately after the the word. If the word is the last in the sentence, the footnote is placed after the word but '''before''' the full stop that ends the sentence. Placing it after, the footnote would reference to the entire sentence.

Rob: /* Single words */

2008-03-02T16:45:15Z

Single words

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	\|style="background-color:#F5F5F5;" \|Lorem ipsum dolor<ref>lat.: pain</ref> sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.		\|style="background-color:#F5F5F5;" \|Lorem ipsum dolor<ref>lat.: pain</ref> sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
	\|}		\|}
	The footnote is placed immediately after the the word. If the word is the last in the sentence, the footnote is placed after the word but '''before''' the full stop that ends the sentence. Placing it ~~before~~, the footnote would reference to the entire sentence.		The footnote is placed immediately after the the word. If the word is the last in the sentence, the footnote is placed after the word but '''before''' the full stop that ends the sentence. Placing it after, the footnote would reference to the entire sentence.

	=== Sentences ===		=== Sentences ===

Rob: /* Citations from literature */

2008-03-02T14:55:13Z

Citations from literature

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	=== Citations from literature ===		=== Citations from literature ===

	If you cite literature, the information in the footnote for the quoted text should look like the footnote for this sentence.<ref>Author's surname, First name (Year): ''Title of the book. Subtitle of the book.'' Where published: Publisher, page: 00</ref> If you quote from the same book but from another page you can do it like in the footnote for this sentence.<ref>ibid., page 01</ref>		If you cite literature, the information in the footnote for the quoted text should look like the footnote for this sentence.<ref>Author's surname, First name (Year): ''Title of the book. Subtitle of the book.'' Where published: Publisher, page: 00</ref> If you quote from the same book but from another page you can do it like in the footnote for this sentence.<ref>ibid., page 01</ref> "ibid." is short for the Latin "ibidem", which means "in the same place". I our case it references to the same book that was mentioned in the footnote before.

	=== Citations from websites ===		=== Citations from websites ===

Rob: /* Paragraphs */

2008-03-02T14:51:31Z

Paragraphs

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	=== Paragraphs ===		=== Paragraphs ===

	One of the best possibilities to ~~quoter~~ an entire paragraph is this:		One of the best possibilities to quote an entire paragraph is this:

	{\|{{Articletable}}		{\|{{Articletable}}