White Wolf:Cite your sources

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WWWiki doesn't exist in a vacuum. There are a great deal of other sources of information out there, many of which are used in writing articles for WWWiki. It's always important to cite your sources when you use external works. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism and may be a copyright violation.

For the sake of consistency, please adhere to the system described through the examples below for any citations you add.

Game Books
The basic form for citing a game book includes the game line, the book title, and the page. It is acceptable to include wiki links if there is (or should be) an article on the subject.


 * (EX: Exalted Rulebook, page 34)
 * (VTR: Ghouls, page 72)
 * (AB: Aberrant: Worldwide Phase II, page 16)
 * (GW: Mutants and Machines, page 121)

Books
This is not something which should happen very often, but in the event it comes up, the basic form for citing a book includes the author's name, the title, the publisher, and the year published. It is acceptable to include wiki links if there is (or should be) an article on the subject. Examples from the Star Trek wiki, Memory Alpha:


 * Geoffrey Mandel. Star Trek Star Charts. New York: Pocket Books, 2002.
 * Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology. 2nd ed. New York: Pocket Books, 1996.
 * Jill Sherwin, ed. Quotable Star Trek. New York: Pocket Books, 1999.

Journals and Magazines
The citation for a journal entry or magazine should include the author's full name, the article title, the magazine or journal title, the volume or issue number or publication month, and the page numbers.


 * Dierd're Brooks. "World of Future Darkness" White Wolf Magazine #35, May 1995, p. 14.

Web sites (not from periodicals)
Although a great deal of information circulates relatively freely and without credit throughout the web, at WWWiki we consider it important that all information be credited to the best extent possible. Web sites and other online message board postings may be referenced in the following style:


 * Steven Otte. "The Fringe." ÆonSociety.Net, 16 December 2001 http://www.nprime.net/aeonsociety/2997/setting/3million/fringe.html, (June 27, 2005).
 * Andrew Farmer. "Ritual of Lost Life." 14 February 2000, http://php.indiana.edu/~adashiel/wod/wod.html (June 27, 2005).

Citing WWWiki
For suggestions on how to cite WWWiki, see White Wolf:Citing WWWiki