One Piece Wiki talk:Guidebook/Referencing Information

Exceptions to this Rule
Hmmm... I think we need this section... Heres a first hand pondering about the exceptions:

There are a few exceptions to the referencing rule:


 * 1) Medical Pages - Firstly, pages about medical conditions are better to be kept to minimum info with links to encourage readers to look elsewhere on official medical sites. It is vital that such pages include the important medical links with a clear link to One Piece included on the page to explain its existence. This is a safety precaution more then anything as no editor is expected to be a medical expert nor give out expert advice on a medical condition.
 * 2) Trivia pages - that is pages designed to make the reader aware of a link from One Piece to a real life reference are also to be kept to the minimum. The idea is also to encourage the reader to look elsewhere, the pages therefore must also include several links as a requirement to be counted as a legit reference. A reference can be include only if Oda has provided one.
 * 3) Self referencing - that is, pages which are an completely about a reference themselves. An example would be a page about an aspect of Romance Dawn. In such causes, the full reference must be included clearly in the page text itself. However, any further references made by Oda outside the reference the page is about must be included. An example would be Oda mentioning why Shanks was absent from Romance Dawn in Vol.1 of the manga.
 * 4) Forums and website related - generally will have info about the site/forum. These pages are not required to include references.

I'll go through our current pages in the no refs section and invent a new template to handle this problem. One-Winged Hawk 11:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

"In Chapter XXX" Vs a reference!
Okay, this has to stop... People are still writing "As of chapter XXX..." in the text rather then " ". Seriously, if anyone sees ths on a page, change it to a proper reference. There is no need to write anything along the lines of this at all. If anyone wants to check the information, it will be on a special section at the bottom of the page with all the other references. Adding the chapter in the text just makes the page ugly, harder to read, less professional... Etc, etc, whatever I've forgotten. Okay...

But bottom line = "In chapter XXX..." does not count as proper referencing.--One-Winged Hawk 11:12, 7 September 2008 (UTC)