Pamdex
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Latest comment: 6 days ago by UtherSRG in topic Proper referencing
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Happy editing! Cheers, CMD (talk) 00:33, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
Proper referencing
editPlease see WP:REFB vice WP:EL for how to properly cite sources. You recently added external links to several articles (FAO links) and these should be converted into proper references. - UtherSRG (talk) 02:53, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thank you very much for the feedback! I indeed thought the way I cite the data could be improved and was reading up on citation guidelines. How about replacing:
- as reported by the FAO. Source: FAO.
- by:
- as reported by the FAO<ref>FAO. 2024. Global Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture. [Cited Friday, December 6th 2024]. https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en</ref> Pamdex (talk) 12:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- You don't even need the "as reported by FAO" portion. Please consider using a {{cite web}} template to format the reference. Then you don't have to worry about which parts to put in italics, etc.:
{{cite web |title=Fisheries and Aquaculture {{!}} Global Production |year=2024 |author=FAO |url=https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/global_production?lang=en |access-date=2024-12-06}}We prefer to use the templates even though the citation isn't as recommended by the individual websites as this lends to internal consistency. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:43, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- You don't even need the "as reported by FAO" portion. Please consider using a {{cite web}} template to format the reference. Then you don't have to worry about which parts to put in italics, etc.: