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User:Zoeannl/Project guideline/Proofreader’s Guide/References, Footnotes and Endnotes

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References in Mainspace edit

Little arrow links to place in text. [1] Notation links to footnote.

References in Pagespace edit

Proofread footnotes (references at the bottom of the page) and insert between <ref>Lorem ipsum</ref> where it is referenced in the text. Remove any markers such as * or 1. These will be automatically placed on transclusion.

Separate paragraphs within the footnote with the double return template at the end of the paragraphs:{{dhr}}

Footnotes are gathered from each page and listed together at the end of the transcluded work. Columns of footnotes are reformatted to a singe column list to enable successful transclusion. See columns.

Endnotes are just footnotes that have been located together at the end of a chapter or at the end of the book, instead of on the bottom of each page. These are proofread in the same manner as footnotes.

Types of footnote edit

In publishing there are, and have been, various methods of printing notes: either as notes at the bottom of the page, or aggregated at the end of a chapter or section. Sometimes all notes are accumulated as lists at the end of the book.

Footnotes are often indicated by numbers or typographical symbols: such as the section §, the Pilcrow or paragraph mark ¶, the single and double daggers † & ‡, and the asterisk *.

Adding footnotes edit

On Wikisource all footnotes should be use implemented with <ref> tags. These can be automatically collected and listed by another tag at the bottom of the page: either <references/> {{reflist}} or {{smallrefs}}.

Footnotes edit

Instead of putting the footnote text at the bottom of the page, it should be placed immediately following the noted text (ie. where the note indicator is in the text) wrapped in <ref> … </ref> tags.

For example, if the printed page contains the following text:


And here it is doubtless thought by some, as it is in France by M. de Lagevenais, that Government, by supplying good music, should exclude the bad, such as that of Offenbach.4


For which the accompanying footnote at the base of the page is:


4 Revue des Deux Mondes, February 15, 1872.


When rendering this into wikitext while proofreading, it should look like:


And here it is doubtless thought by some, as it is in France by M. de Lagevenais, that Government, by supplying good music, should exclude the bad, such as that of Offenbach.<ref>''Revue des Deux Mondes'', February 15, 1872.</ref>


Once saved, this will appear as:


And here it is doubtless thought by some, as it is in France by M. de Lagevenais, that Government, by supplying good music, should exclude the bad, such as that of Offenbach.[1]


For reference: this example is based on Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 1.djvu/13; which can be seen as part of "The Study of Sociology I," an article published in Popular Science Monthly in May 1872.

Missing ref marker edit

Page:The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe.djvu/72

References edit

Help:Footnotes_and_endnotes Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2011-05#Footnote_carried_over_to_second_page

Exemplars and examples edit


Original Image: 

The principal persons involved in this argument were Caesar*, former military
leader and Imperator, and the orator Cicero†. Both were of the aristocratic
(Patrician) class, and were quite wealthy.

* Gaius Julius Caesar.
† Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Correctly Proofread Text:

The principal persons involved in this argument were Caesar[2], former military leader and Imperator, and the orator Cicero[3]. Both were of the aristocratic (Patrician) class, and were quite wealthy.

  1. ↑ Revue des Deux Mondes, February 15, 1872.
  2. ↑ Gaius Julius Caesar.
  3. ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero. 
The principal persons involved in this argument were Caesar<ref>Gaius Julius Caesar.</ref>, former military
leader and Imperator, and the orator Cicero<ref>Marcus Tullius Cicero.</ref>. Both were of the aristocratic
(Patrician) class, and were quite wealthy.

<references />

Original Footnoted Poetry:

Mary had a little lamb[1]
Whose fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go!

1 This lamb was obviously of the Hampshire breed,
well known for the pure whiteness of their wool.

A most determined ovine.

Correctly Proofread Text:

Mary had a little lamb[1]
Whose fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go!

  1. ↑ This lamb was obviously of the Hampshire breed, well known for the pure whiteness of their wool.A most determined ovine. 
<poem>
Mary had a little lamb<ref>This lamb was obviously of the Hampshire breed, well known for the pure whiteness of their wool.{{dhr}}A most determined ovine.</ref>
:Whose fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
:The lamb was sure to go!
</poem>

<references />
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