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This page is considered a guideline on BRWiki.

It illustrates standards of conduct, which many editors agree with in principle. However, it is not policy.

Feel free to update the page as needed, but please use the voting process and put the vote on the discussion page to propose any major changes.
See the Guidelines home page for an overview of BRWiki guidelines.
See Guidelines for a list of proposed and accepted guideline articles.

Citing sources provides a way to ensure that the information contained in this wiki is correct, and defuses the common criticism that information in a wiki is unreliable. Providing citations is especially helpful where different sources describe two conflicting versions of lore.

[hide][top]Citation template

The {{Cite}} template can be used to cite to manuals, novels, and other published works in the Birthright universe.

In the text where you want to create a citation, use the cite template.
After the first pipe, write the appropriate abbreviation from Citation index.
After the second pipe, include a page number.

[hide][top]Requests for citations

If a fact is quoted in an article which might be under dispute or can not be verified, the {{Fact}} template can be added where a citation would go. An explanation of why a source is needed should also be placed on the article's discussion page.
If an entire article or section of an article is of unclear source, add the {{Source needed}} template.
Articles with the above templates will appear in Articles needing citations.