मदद:Citation Style 2

Citation Style 2 (CS2) is a method of referencing Wikipedia articles using the {{Citation}} template. There are various benefits to using a template, most notably that doing so produces a consistent look.

You are not required to use CS2 or any other citationtemplate.अक्टूबर 2016 तक ले,Wikipedia:Citing sources § Variation in citation methods (WP:CITEVAR)states:

Editors should not attempt to change an article's established citation style merely on the grounds of personal preference, to make it match other articles, or without first seekingconsensusfor the change.

When you use any template, please consider reviewing its documentation. You can find it at the template's page in thetemplate namespaceby searching forTemplate:plus the name of the citation; for example, to find the documentation for {{Citation}}, enterTemplate:Citationin theSearch box.You might need to scroll down a bit to find it.

How the templates work

CS2 templates present a citation generally as:

• With author:

author (date),title,publisher, identifiers

• Without author:

title,publisher, date, identifiers

For example:

• Elk, Anne (November 16, 1972),Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses,Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses,Monty Python's Flying Circus, November 16, 1972

Dates

Dates are generally included by three parameters:

• date:Full date of publication edition being referenced, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Must not be wikilinked.
• OR:year:Year of publication edition being referenced
  • month:Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, usedateinstead. Must not be wikilinked.
  • origyear:Original publication year, for display alongside the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics, for instanceorigyear=First published 1859ororigyear=Composed 1904.This parameter only displays if there is a value foryearordate.

Dates formats perWP:DATESNO:

• Do not wikilink
• Use month before day or day before month styles and use them consistently throughout the article
• Access and archive dates in references should be in either the publication date format, or YYYY-MM-DD

Anchors

Shortened footnotesandparenthetical referencingmay create links that will jump to an anchor created by the CS2 template. Anchors are always created but may be modified by use of|ref=.The standard is formatted asCITEREFauthorslastnameyear.For example:

Elk, Anne (November 16, 1972),Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses{{citation}}:Invalid|ref=harv(help)

Creates an anchor namedCITEREFElk1972.

• |ref=ID:Creates a custom anchor defined byID.This is useful where the author and/or date is unknown.

Tools

Error checking:

• User:Ucucha/HarvErrorsis a script that may be enabled to display errors when usingShortened footnotesorparenthetical referencing.

इहो देखल जाय

• Help:Citation Style 1