Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Citing sources (section)

===Examples===
====Books====
{{hatnote|See also the template {{tl|cite book}}.}}
Citations for books typically include:
* name of author(s)
* title of book
* volume when appropriate
* name of publisher
* place of publication
* date of publication of the edition
* chapter or page numbers cited, if appropriate
* edition, if not the first edition
* [[WP:ISBN|ISBN]] (optional)

Some edited books have individually authored chapters. Citations for these chapters are recommended. They typically include:
*name of author(s)
*title of the chapter
*name of book's editor
*name of book and other details as above
*chapter number or page numbers for the chapter (optional)

In some instances, the [[Recto and verso|verso]] of a book's title page may record, "Reprinted with corrections XXXX" or similar, where "XXXX" is a year. This is a different version of a book in the same way that different editions are different versions. Note this in your citation. See {{sectionlink||Dates and reprints}} for further information.

====Journal articles====
{{hatnote|See also the template {{tl|cite journal}}.}}

Citations for journal articles typically include:
* name of the author(s)
* year and sometimes month of publication
* title of the article
* name of the journal
* volume number, issue number, and page numbers (article numbers in some electronic journals)
* [[WP:DOI|DOI]] and/or other [[List of academic databases and search engines|identifiers]] are optional and can often be used in place of a less stable URL (although URLs may also be listed in a journal citation)

====Newspaper articles====
{{hatnote|See also the template {{tl|cite news}}.}}

Citations for newspaper articles typically include:
* [[byline]] (author's name), if any
* title of the article
* name of the newspaper in italics
* city of publication (if not included in name of newspaper)
* date of publication
* page number(s) are optional and may be substituted with negative number(s) on microfilm reels

====Web pages====
{{shortcut|WP:CITEWEB}}
{{hatnote|See also the template {{tl|cite web}}.}}

Citations for World Wide Web pages typically include:
* URL of the specific web page {{em|where the referenced content can be found}}, even if the website asks people not to make deep links.<ref group="note">[[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 102#Prohibited (sic) links]]</ref> When it is impossible to link to the individual document, instructions for performing a search might be given (see eg. {{tl|Cite DAT}}), or a link to an archived copy provided.
* Name of the author(s)
* Title of the article
* Title or domain name of the website
* Publisher, if known
* Date of publication
* Page number(s) (if applicable)
* Date you retrieved (or accessed) the web page (required if the publication date is unknown)

====Sound recordings====
{{More|Help:References and page numbers#Other in-source locations}}
Citations for sound recordings typically include:
* name of the composer(s), songwriter(s), script writer(s) or the like
* name of the performer(s)
* title of the song or individual track
* title of the album (if applicable)
* name of the record label
* year of release
* medium (for example: LP, audio cassette, CD, MP3 file)
* approximate time at which event or point of interest occurs, where appropriate

Do not cite an entire body of work by one performer. Instead, make one citation for each work your text relies on.

====Film, television, or video recordings====
{{hatnote|See also the template {{tl|cite AV media}}.}}

Citations for films, TV episodes, or video recordings typically include:
* name of the director
* name of the producer, if relevant
* names of major performers
* the title of a TV episode
* title of the film or TV series
* name of the studio
* year of release
* medium (for example: film, videocassette, DVD)
* approximate time at which event or point of interest occurs, where appropriate

====Wikidata====
{{hatnote|See also the template {{tl|cite Q}}.  For adding sources to Wikidata itself, see [[Wikipedia:How to add sources to Wikidata]].}} 
Wikidata is largely user-generated, and articles should not directly cite Wikidata as a source (just as it would be inappropriate to cite other Wikipedias' articles as sources). 

But Wikidata's statements can be directly transcluded into articles; this is usually done to provide external links or infobox data. For example, more than two million external links from Wikidata are shown through the {{tl|Authority control}} template. There has been controversy over the use of Wikidata in the English Wikipedia due to vandalism and its own sourcing. While there is no consensus on whether information from Wikidata should be used at all, there is general agreement that any Wikidata statements that are transcluded need to be just as – or more – reliable compared to Wikipedia content. As such, [[Module:WikidataIB]] and some related modules and templates filter Wikidata statements not supported by a reference by default; however, other modules and templates, such as [[Module:Wikidata]], do not.

To transclude an item from Wikidata, the [[d:Wikidata:Glossary#QID|QID (Q number)]] of an item in Wikidata needs to be known. QID can by found by searching for an item by the name or [[Digital object identifier|DOI]] in Wikidata. A book, a journal article, a musical recording, sheet music or any other item can be represented by a structured item in Wikidata.

The {{tl|Cite Q}} template can be used to cite works whose metadata is held in Wikidata, provided the cited work meets Wikipedia's standards. As of December 2020, {{tlx|Cite Q}} does not support "last, first" or Vancouver-style author name lists, so it should not be used in articles in which "last, first" or Vancouver-style author names are the [[WP:CITEVAR|dominant citation style]].

====Other====
See also:
* {{tl|cite album notes}}
* {{tl|cite comic}}
* {{tl|cite conference}} for conference reports or papers
* {{tl|cite court}} for court cases or legal decisions
* {{tl|cite act}} for a law or legal act
* {{tl|cite encyclopedia}}
* {{tl|cite episode}} for TV or radio series
* {{tl|cite mailing list}}
* {{tl|cite map}}
* {{tl|cite newsgroup}}
* {{tl|cite patent}} for patents
* {{tl|cite press release}}
* {{tl|cite report}}
* {{tl|cite thesis}}
* {{tl|cite video game}}