Help:Manual/References

References

Updated 12 December 2024

Abbreviations

• MS - Media Statement
• RPT - Report
• DOC - Other type of Document
• MediaID-NNN - Media articles

Code for a page citing a reference

<p style="text-align:center;"><u>Source</u>: <i>Title</i> {{RefID:}}</p>

<p style="text-align:center;"><u>Source</u>: Media Name {{RefID:}}</p>

1. Code on page in Reference/...

Note: The /Media refers to Media Statements.

{{Template:Reference/Media <!--  -->
   |Anchor=<html><a class="offset" id=" "></a></html>
   |RefID=
   |Title=
   |Source=
   |Date={{Day }}
   |URL1=<html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html>
   |URL2=<html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html>
   |URL3=<html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html> <!-- Add a note instead of URL3 -->
}}
<p>
   <div style="margin-left: 5.5em; float: left;">Pages or articles which refer to this resource:-</div> <!-- end column 1  -->
   <div class="displaytree"><categorytree mode="pages" depth="0" hideprefix="on"> </categorytree></div> <!-- Add RefID -->
   <div style="clear:left;"></div>
</p>
{{ShortLine}}

2. Code on page in RefID:

{{ReferenceID
<!-- Insert RefID here:- -->
   |RefID=
<!-- Insert link here. Include the RefID as an anchor # -->
   |Link=References/  #
}}
<noinclude>
<p>{{RefID:{{PAGENAME}}/Description}}</p> <!-- add title -->
{{ShortLine}}
<p>[[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</p>
</noinclude>

3. Code on Category Page

{{CategoryPage/RefID Header
<!-- Add the RefID. Defaults to {{PAGENAME}} -->
   |RefID=
<!-- Transclude a description. Defaults to {{PAGENAME}}/Description -->
   |Description={{RefID:  /Description}}
<!-- Specify a Parent Category. Defaults to References. -->
   |ParentCategory=References
}}

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From 25 February 2024 the Reference system has been redesigned:-

1. All information about a reference will be held in the Ref: namespace (alias Ref-ID:). The Page and sub-pages is like a record and fields.
2. Each article in NS_Ref: will have multiple sub-pages, each containing part of the data, populate as required or if data is available
3. The data, from relevant sub-pages, can be transcluded into a Reference Index
4. Pages from the Reference Index may be transcluded into pages associated with the entity that published them
5. When the Ref-ID is transcluded it contains a Category and a Link.
6. The Category is Hidden. The Link is to an anchor on a reference index page.
7. The category has to be added manually 7if required within the Main namespace.

Categories

1. The Ref-ID is also used as a Category Name
2. Pages which include referenced content are in that Category
3. To prevent non-public pages from also being in the Category, the code is conditional
4. The expression is part of the Template:ReferenceID

Links

• List of Media Sources and Abbreviations: References/Media/Sources

Sub-page List

• Manual/References/Checklist/Archive
• Manual/References/Media Checklist
• Manual/References/On-Page References

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1. From July 2023 all References are centralised in sub-pages of NS_Main:References. Note: Changed in Feb 2024.

2. Each reference item is assigned a unique Reference-ID.

3. Each Reference ID is created in the NS_Ref-ID: (alias Ref:).

   For example: Ref-ID:ABCAU-021

4. Each Reference-ID is composed of three parts:-

   • A prefix which identifies the source - organisation, government department, media agency etc.
   • An abbreviation which describes the type of document:- MS = Media Statement; Rpt = Report; or Country Code
   • A number to represent the date:- typically the Day Number.

   Each part uses upper case. And hyphens are used as separators.

5. To create a new Reference ID use the sample code in Help:Manual/References/Code.

6. In a Reference/subpage use a template - see Template:Reference.

7. The Reference ID is used in two ways:-

   • The Reference-ID is written into the template used on a References/subpage where it becomes an anchor and also a link to a category page.
   • The Reference-ID is transcluded to a Source: ... line at the end of each instance of usage. This provides a link to the anchor on the appropriate References/subpage.

Links

The type of link depends on the context:-

• The Reference ID in NS_Ref-ID: is a link to the actual reference in a References/subpage#anchor.
• In a References/subpage the Reference ID is used as an anchor AND is used as a link to a Category

Categories

A Category is also created for each Reference-ID. Whenever the Source for a reference is used and the Reference ID is transcluded, the host page is automatically added to that category.

From the References/subpage clicking on the Reference-ID will open the Category page and list all the articles which use or refer to that Reference.

Tooltips

Tooltips were started and abandoned. Tooltips do not work within links so the prefix Ref: had to be used for a the link. It is better to not quote the namespace and to use the whole Reference ID as the link.

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Identification

The number of days since MH370 went missing. Day 001 is 8 March 2014.