WikiIslam:Citing, Linking, and Quoting: Difference between revisions

Inline Citations

All the information on WikiIslam, especially any statements which are likely to be challenged, must be appropriately referenced, and these references must be provided via inline citations. A general list of references at the bottom of a page is no use to readers because it does not tell them which particular statement they support.

Single Citation

An example of a reference being made on a page:

Here is what has to be typed:

I'm about to give a reference.<ref>This is the Reference text at the bottom. [http://links.sourceforge.net/ Links can also made here.]</ref>

Then at the end of the article, give a "References" heading and below that, write:

{{reflist}}

The wiki will automatically do everything else for you to make the reference. To edit the reference section produced at the bottom, edit the <ref> tags.

Multiple Citations

For multiple citations of the same reference or footnote, you can also use the name attribute by using:

<ref name="name here">details of the citation</ref>

Thereafter, the same footnote may be used multiple times by adding:

<ref name="name here"></ref>

Linking to External websites

Link rot is a commonly occurring phenomena where a working external website link becomes unavailable after some time. Link rot happens frequently. According to Wikipedia:

Many of our sources are links to external websites so the preservation of the sources is important.

Also when citing references, it is important not to leave naked URLs. This is due to the nature of the Internet. Once a link becomes "broken" and is no longer available to view, it is essential that we have a record of what that link was referencing. For example, this link:

http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=184112

Should be referenced like this:

Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - Beduin doctor: Migraines common during Ramadan fast - The Jerusalem Post, August 9, 2010

Give it a try in the WikiIslam:Sandbox. If you want to make other kinds of references using this method, see the related WikiMedia page.

Multi-columned References

For ease of reading, when a page includes many citations, the standard {{reflist}} template should be replaced by {{Reflist|30em}} (for 20+ citations).

Islamic References

Templates make it easy to cite Islamic sources. For example, instead of finding the exact USC-MSA URL of a Qur'an verse or hadith, all that is needed is to type {{Muslim|7|88}} and the reference and link is automatically created.

The following are a list of templates that are available for you to use:

Referencing the Qur'an

Not all Qur'an-related templates are covered here. Refer to the Q section in Category:Templates for the full list.

Single Verse

To reference a verse from the Qur'an type: {{Quran|###|###}}

The first parameter is the chapter/surah number, while the second parameter is the verse number.

Multiple Verses

To reference multiple verses from the Qur'an type: {{Quran-range|###|###|###}}

The first parameter is the chapter/surah number, while the second parameter is the starting verse number, and the third parameter is the ending verse number.

Verse and Transliteration

To reference a verse from the Qur'an along with its Romanized transliteration type: {{Qtt|###|###}}

The first parameter is the chapter/surah number, while the second parameter is the verse number.

Referencing Bukhari

To reference a hadith from Bukhari type: {{Bukhari|###|###|###}} The first parameter is the volume number, the second parameter is the book number and the third parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Muslim

To reference a hadith from Muslim type: {{Muslim|###|###}}

The first parameter is the book number and the second parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Abu Dawud

To reference a hadith from Abu Dawud type: {{Abudawud|###|####}}

The first parameter is the book number and the second parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Muwatta

To reference a hadith from Malik's Muwatta type: {{Muwatta|###|#|#|}}

The first parameter is the book number, the second parameter is the section number and the third parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Tabari

To reference text from Tabari type: {{Tabari|###|###}}

The first parameter is the volume number and the second parameter is the page or page range. "p." or "pp." (whichever is applicable) will have to be typed in manually. For example, {{Tabari|4|p. 220}} or {{Tabari|4|pp. 220-221}}.

Examples

Use the Wiki Sandbox for testing it out.

See Also

• WikiIslam:Standardization - Main article providing instructions on how to make Islamic references