RygD

How are citations properly done?

I am trying to prevent Zen Without Zen Masters from being removed again, but don't know which sources to use or how to format them correctly. I have consulted the section for citing whole books and parts of them, but I really don't know what I am doing. A further problem is the references in "Illuminatus!" may not be cited in that work, and might only be picked up on by being familiar with both works. At present I cannot find my copies of Illuminatus or Zen Without Zen Masters to confirm this. How do I do this right for an article which has a lot of critical attention due to past edits? RygD (talk) 21:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Hiya. Firstly, I should point you to Referencing for Beginners, as that offers a lot of detail, including video, to explain referencing. Secondly, Wikipedia has a built-in referencing utility to help with the arduous process. You basically click a few fields, fill in the blanks, and submit. The utility can be found in your edit box. When you start to edit, you should notice a few icons across the top of the edit box: Bold, Italic, signature, link, photo, etc. At the right is "Cite". Click that, then select an appropriate template (probably Cite book). The utility will also propagate a bunch of fields based on the ISBN if you have that available. I'd also recommend clicking "Show/hide extra fields", which will display even more fields. You don't have to fill them all in, just whatever makes sense. You can also check Google Books to see if some of the information you are trying to cite can be found there. And, Wikipedia has a Reference Desk, where helpful editors can even help look stuff up for you. This might help resolve some of your other concerns, since you can't find the books you're trying to cite. Hope that helps. If not, feel free to open another help request, and someone smarter will come by to help. :) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:21, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

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