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===Preferred style===
===Preferred style===
There are multiple ways you can cite sources. After adding information, immediately include your source after your fullstop.
There are multiple ways you can cite sources. After adding information, immediately include your source after your full stop.


*'''For sims:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of sim"], Rank Character name (eg. "Lieutenant Commander Sky Blake" = "LtCmdr S.Blake"), Ship the sim was posted to (eg. Veritas = {{USS|Veritas}}), Stardate</ref></nowiki>
*'''For sims:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of sim"], Rank Character name (eg. "Lieutenant Commander Sky Blake" = "LtCmdr S.Blake"), Ship the sim was posted to (eg. Veritas = {{USS|Veritas}}), Stardate</ref></nowiki>
** ''Until our Sim Archive is available for official use, please link to your Google Group!''
**Until our Sim Archive is available for official use, please link to your Google Group!
*'''For news articles:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of page"], Author name, Organisation if applicable, date</ref></nowiki>
*'''For news articles:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of page"], Author name, Organisation if applicable, date</ref></nowiki>
*'''For Memory Alpha/Memory Beta:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of article"], Memory Alpha</ref></nowiki>
*'''For Memory Alpha:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of article"], Memory Alpha</ref></nowiki>
**Also include '''<nowiki>{{MAContent}}</nowiki>''' to correctly categorise pages using data from Memory Alpha.
**Also include '''<nowiki>{{MAContent}}</nowiki>''', which will correctly categorise pages using data sourced from Memory Alpha.
*'''For [https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Memory Beta] and [https://memory-omega.fandom.com/wiki/Memory_Omega_Wiki Memory Omega]:''' <nowiki><ref>[link "title of article"], Memory Beta / Omega</ref></nowiki>
**'''NOTE:''' Memory Gamma and Memory Delta are ''fan-created content''. As such, they are not suitable sources for Star Trek information.


==Examples of referencing==
==Examples of referencing==
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