WikiIslam:Citing, Linking, and Quoting

Ref Tags

Statements of facts, especially those that are likely to be challenged, must be appropriately referenced. These references must be provided via inline citations. A general list of references at the bottom of a page is of little use because they do not specify which particular statements they support.

Single Citation

An example of a reference being made on a page:

Here is what has to be typed:

This is how to provide inline citations.<ref>This is the reference text. [http://example.com/ Links can also be provided]</ref>

At the end of an article, there should be a "References" heading and below that:

{{reflist}}

The wiki will then automatically do everything else to produce the reference. To edit the reference section produced at the bottom, edit the <ref> tags.

Multiple Citations

For multiple citations of the same reference or footnote:

<ref name="name here">details of the citation</ref>

Thereafter, the same footnote may be used multiple times by adding:

<ref name="name here"></ref>

Multi-columned References

For ease of reading, when a page includes many citations, the standard {{reflist}} template should be replaced by {{Reflist|30em}} (for 10+ citations).

Linking to External websites

Link rot is a commonly occurring phenomena where a working external website link becomes unavailable after some time. Link rot happens frequently. According to Wikipedia:

Many of our sources are links to external websites so the preservation of the sources is important.

Also when citing references, it is important not to leave naked URLs. This is due to the nature of the Internet. Once a link becomes "broken" and is no longer available to view, it is essential that we have a record of what that link was referencing. For example, this link:

http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=184112

Should be referenced like this:

Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - Beduin doctor: Migraines common during Ramadan fast - The Jerusalem Post, August 9, 2010

Give it a try in the WikiIslam:Sandbox. If you want to make other kinds of references using this method, see the related WikiMedia page.

Islamic Text

Templates make it easy to cite Islamic sources. For example, instead of finding the exact USC-MSA URL of a Qur'an verse or hadith, all that is needed is to type {{Muslim|7|88}} and the reference and link is automatically created.

The following are a list of templates that are available for use:

Referencing the Qur'an

Not all Qur'an-related templates are covered here. Refer to the Q section in Category:Templates for the full list.

Single Verse

To reference a verse from the Qur'an type: {{Quran|###|###}}

The first parameter is the chapter/surah number, while the second parameter is the verse number.

Multiple Verses

To reference multiple verses from the Qur'an type: {{Quran-range|###|###|###}}

The first parameter is the chapter/surah number, while the second parameter is the starting verse number, and the third parameter is the ending verse number.

Verse and Transliteration

To reference a verse from the Qur'an along with its Romanized transliteration type: {{Qtt|###|###}}

The first parameter is the chapter/surah number, while the second parameter is the verse number.

Referencing Hadith

Referencing Bukhari

To reference a hadith from Bukhari type: {{Bukhari|###|###|###}} The first parameter is the volume number, the second parameter is the book number and the third parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Muslim

To reference a hadith from Muslim type: {{Muslim|###|###}}

The first parameter is the book number and the second parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Dawud

To reference a hadith from Dawud type: {{Abudawud|###|####}}

The first parameter is the book number and the second parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Muwatta

To reference a hadith from Malik's Muwatta type: {{Muwatta|###|###|###|}}

The first parameter is the book number, the second parameter is the section number and the third parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Tirmidhi

To reference a hadith from Tirmidhi type: {{Al Tirmidhi|###|###|###|###}}

The first parameter is the URL ending (book number), the second parameter is the volume number, the third parameter is the book number, and the forth parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Nasai

To reference a hadith from Nasai type: {{Al Nasai|###|###|###|###}}

The first parameter is the URL ending (book number), the second parameter is the volume number, the third parameter is the book number, and the forth parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Majah

To reference a hadith from Majah type: {{Ibn Majah|###|###|###|###}}

The first parameter is the URL ending (book number), the second parameter is the volume number, the third parameter is the book number, and the forth parameter is the narration number.

Referencing Sirah

Referencing Tabari

To reference text from Tabari type: {{Tabari|###|###}}

The first parameter is the volume number and the second parameter is the page or page range. "p." or "pp." (whichever is applicable) will have to be typed in manually. For example, {{Tabari|4|p. 220}} or {{Tabari|4|pp. 220-221}}.

Examples

Quote Boxes

When quoting a source, type {{Quote|###|###}}

The first parameter is the reference for the text being quoted (this parameters can be left empty if references are being cited via ref tags). The second parameter is where the actual text is placed.

Islamic Texts

To quote an Islamic text, the relevant template for that particular text must be placed within the first parameter of the quote box template.

Bold or italic emphasis may be added to quotations, but underlining and ALLCAPS should be avoided.

Examples

Use the Wiki Sandbox for testing it out.

See Also

• WikiIslam:Reliable Sources
• WikiIslam:Standardization