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The second concern is making multiple references. Please do not combine references into a single reference. It makes it harder for anyone to verify the information. | The second concern is making multiple references. Please do not combine references into a single reference. It makes it harder for anyone to verify the information. | ||
To make things easy for you for both these issues, you can just mention the most important parts of a story so you'll have to use less references and do less work. I know you want people to know as much as possible so thats your choice, but in any case we need all opinions to left out, everything to be easily verifiable and no combined references should be used. If there is something that you think might be challenged by Muslims, it is also good to write the relevant part of that quote in the references with italics/quotation marks or provide the entire quote (whatever you think is appropriate). For example <nowiki><ref>''"... Abu Bakar was very upset with Muhammad ..."'' (Bukhari 123:123)</ref></nowiki> | To make things easy for you for both these issues, you can just mention the most important parts of a story so you'll have to use less references and do less work. I know you want people to know as much as possible so thats your choice, but in any case we need all opinions to left out, everything to be easily verifiable and no combined references should be used. If there is something that you think might be challenged by Muslims, it is also good to write the relevant part of that quote in the references with italics/quotation marks or provide the entire quote (whatever you think is appropriate). For example <nowiki><ref>''"... Abu Bakar was very upset with Muhammad ..."'' (Bukhari 123:123)</ref></nowiki> Even in essays these two issues must not be present. | ||
One problem is that we don't have time to continuously review and fix the content, so this must change going forward and we need you to understand our approach so any additional work is done according to the guidelines. If these things are not fixed/changed at this time when the material is being compiled, it will be almost impossible to fix it later when there's limited access to the sources. | One problem is that we don't have time to continuously review and fix the content, so this must change going forward and we need you to understand our approach so any additional work is done according to the guidelines. If these things are not fixed/changed at this time when the material is being compiled, it will be almost impossible to fix it later when there's limited access to the sources. | ||
I think you will understand if you imagine that you are writing a research paper with a serious tone where everything must be referenced. This is actually very simple to do: As you go along, ''only report'' what you see (in a chronological order when possible), reference everything and don't create any opinions or give the impression that an opinion has been created. This is all you need to do | I think you will understand if you imagine that you are writing a research paper with a serious tone where everything must be referenced. This is actually very simple to do: As you go along, ''only report'' what you see (in a chronological order when possible), reference everything and don't create any opinions or give the impression that an opinion has been created. This is all you need to do. | ||
As for whether you should do the controversial articles first or go in chrono-order, that's up to you how you want to do that. If we had a preference, of course we would like the controversial content first. | As for whether you should do the controversial articles first or go in chrono-order, that's up to you how you want to do that. If we had a preference, of course we would like the controversial content first. | ||
Sahabah may have additional thoughts. Let me know if you see any problems or difficulties with what I'm suggesting. --[[User:Axius|Axius]] ([[User talk:Axius|talk]]) 18:21, 29 April 2013 (PDT) | Sahabah may have additional thoughts. Let me know if you see any problems or difficulties with what I'm suggesting. --[[User:Axius|Axius]] ([[User talk:Axius|talk]]) 18:21, 29 April 2013 (PDT) | ||