MarioWiki talk:Citations

Great page, but just one problem. Why can't we still use <ref> for written sources? Even though written sources can't be linked to, why can't you cite the without a link?Knife (talk) 20:25, 26 January 2008 (EST)

Why? The section says that written sources also can be used in ref tags. I don't understand. :S - Cobold (talk · contribs) 05:28, 27 January 2008 (EST)

I think we should source the games when an information might seem obscure/false to a number of fans. Bonetail being a Skeleton because he/she didn't eat anything and died might seem an important bit of info, however, the only source for that is that guy who tell stories in Rogueport (What is his name again?). Blitzwing (talk · gnome work)

That's a different case. You can still use the <ref></ref> tags, but you shouldn't say "Source: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door", but rather use a footnote: "This information comes from Grifty, a storyteller in Rogueport's East Side.", or something like that. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 06:51, 27 January 2008 (EST)

The part that confuses me is this sentence "To cite a written source, which you cannot provide a link to, you only need to state it exactly.". That sentence seems to imply that we cannot use <ref> for things that can't be linked to. And using <ref> isn't always about linking to another website.Knife (talk) 19:50, 27 January 2008 (EST)

This is outdated

It says in the "Why Sourcing" section that we need sources on the wiki because we "recently" got a flood of information about "new games" like Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Now, Brawl was released almost five years ago now and this needs to be updated. Could a sysop please fix this? Pseudo-dino (talk) 12:28, 27 April 2013 (EDT)

Yeah, we should really remove specific games since time goes on Ray Trace^(T|C) 12:38, 27 April 2013 (EDT)

Link needs to be fixed

There's a link to MarioWiki:Beta Elements instead of MarioWiki:Pre-release and unused content under the "Requesting a source" header. Niiue (talk) 20:33, 30 December 2015 (EST)

X Bosses

On the bosses in the Mario & Luigi series pages, I removed the information on the X bosses seeing that they already have their own articles. Can I add links to those pages on the original like Bowser Memory ML to Bowser Memory MLX? The RPG Gamer (talk) (edits) 19:21, 6 May 2016 (EDT)

Related on RPG Infoboxes

I think it's time we remove the related section in the RPG Infoboxes that have them because since we redesigned them the related part has disappeared so there is now no real need to have it anymore. The RPG Gamer (talk) (edits) 18:25, 4 June 2016 (EDT)

I beg your pardon? How is this and your previous conversation relevant to sourcing? It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 18:29, 4 June 2016 (EDT)

Elite Gombule source

The Elite Goombule page needs a referenceable page number. It says citation needed on the reference bit but I don't have a copy of the guide, could someone who actually has the guide source the page number? The RPG Gamer (talk) (edits) 18:51, 6 June 2016 (EDT)

Out of curiosity, why did you ask this on this page and not the page for Elite Goombule? Hello, I'm Time Turner.

This citation...

This citation seems to have some problem with wikicode: the final "!" character should be a part of the URL but MediaWiki doesn't recognize that. Before fixing, however, I'm not sure how to cite a page from another wiki. Should it be

The Cutting Room Floor contributors. Prerelease:Wario Land: Shake It!. The Cutting Room Floor.

or

Prerelease:Wario Land: Shake It!. The Cutting Room Floor.

? The original citer didn't leave the retrieval date either. A gossip-loving Toad (Talk) 11:42, 9 June 2016 (EDT)

Something Annoying

Why is it that when I try to edit a citation from clicking "edit" on a section of an article that I end up getting a "cite error"? It's weird because this doesn't seem to happen when I just click "edit" from the top of the article. It's really annoying. LuigiMaster123 02:23, 18 September 2017 (EDT)

What is the exact message of the error? Hello, I'm Time Turner. 02:34, 18 September 2017 (EDT)

This: "Cite warning: <ref> tag with name Website cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all." LuigiMaster123 02:39, 18 September 2017 (EDT)

I think I may see the issue, but to be sure, can you also provide the citation you were trying to add? Hello, I'm Time Turner. 02:50, 18 September 2017 (EDT)

The citation was an already existing citation on the Mario Party: The Top 100 article that I was trying to apply to another character. Here.