Overlord Wiki:Sourcing Guide

This page is a style guide, describing how to create citations in articles.

If you do not know how to format the citation, provide as much information as you can, and others may fix it for you. Cite It!

Why sources should be cited

 * To credit a source for providing useful information and to avoid claims of.
 * To show that your edit is not original research.
 * To ensure that the content of articles is credible and can be checked by any reader or editor.
 * To help users find additional reliable information on the topic.
 * To improve the overall credibility and authoritative character of.
 * To reduce the likelihood of editorial disputes, or to resolve any that arise.

Note: and other wiki-based articles and categories cannot be used as sources.

Insertion of a reference
On the Edit page, this is placed at the first insertion point of citation:

This is placed at the second and all subsequent insertion points of citation, for example:

Producing the reference list
Most importantly, add the following code after the "Appearances" and "Sources" sections, but before the "See also" and "External links" sections. This code will automatically display the reference list, showing nearly everything tagged with ref tags.