Forum:References: are they needed?

As you may know, many wikis on Wikia and generally anywhere on the internet use references abundantly in their articles. We currently do not use this feature anywhere on the HOTD Wiki. I know it would be a hassle to go through all of our articles and add references, but it could be worth it as it would make us more credible. A lot of information doesn't really need references as most people reading the articles would already know it, but there are also places where the information isn't as well-known and needs evidence, especially since we no longer directly reference chapters and episodes in the actual content.

I f we decide to do this, I think we should do a thorough job. This means having references to every source used in an article and citations at each place the source is referenced. We would obviously have a reference for each chapter and episode, but we may want to split chapters into sections of pages. For example, we could use a new reference each time there is a major scene or setting change in the chapter.

Let me know what you think. Keep in mind that the longer we wait, the more work it will be to add the references to all existing content, so I'd like to make a decision soon. Turambar1  04:02, March 1, 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I've been wanting to raise this question since a long time ago. As I read some of the other Wikias such as the To Aru Majutsu no Index Wikia, I noticed all their pages have references to them. Although not done in spectacular fashion, they still at least put the effort into it. I'm not sure if we should put references, but that's obviously a good thing that we should be doing to "confirm" our information. As you've mentioned, we should do this in a thorough fashion, and have a base model for each reference. It'd be good to set up an example of what type of refences we would like to put up. Anyways, I'm "pro" for the reference thing

Also, it's as you said. The longer we wait for everyone's agreeement, the more work there will be. Undoubtedly, this action will be the biggest change to the wikia we've done in a while, so we'll be needing everyone's participation.

06:15, March 1, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, here's an example of the format I'm thinking we could use:

Information from a source. Information from a second source. Information from a third source. Information from the first source again.