References are very important for providing support, clarification and verification to the articles.[1] They should be added in places that contains information, such as the biography/career pages of the members and groups, chart positions and sales, trivia, etc.
Where to get information from
- Appropriate
- LDH website (both Japanese and English websites)
- Official websites and EXILE / EXILE TRIBE mobile websites
- Official artist accounts (eg. Twitter, Instagram, YouTube)
- Reliable Japanese News & media outlets (eg. natalie.mu, Oricon, modelpress, BARKS, etc.)
- English news sources (eg. J-Pop Project Radio, AramaJapan, etc.)
- Online music charts/stores (eg. Amazon Japan, CDJapan, Oricon, Billboard, Apple Music, Spotify, ototoy)
- Archived versions of any of the previous (eg. Wayback Machine)
- Discretionary (if properly linked)
- Translation SNS accounts
- Translation YouTube accounts and videos
- Not appropriate
- Fan accounts (eg. personal/non-artist Twitter)
- Fan sites & blogs (eg. Tumblr, Amino)
- Public forums (However, you can use them to find other references)
- Other wikis or resource sites (eg. Wikipedia. However, you can use them to find other references)
- Notes
- Using the EXILE TRIBE FAMILY fanclub website for reference is not prohibited (since it is official and reliable) but not recommended as the service will be ending soon.
- You do not need to put all the references you find for only one information, but one or two to prove the veracity of the information is enough.
How to Cite
To add a reference, you can do it in two forms:
- By adding the link and title of the referenced article: <ref>[*link* *title*]</ref>
Example:
On October 12, 2022, [[Iwata Takanori]] unveiled the music video of the song "[[Ienai]]".<ref>[https://www.ldh.co.jp/eng/news/detail.php?lang=eng&site=TRIBE&newsid=0000040261 【To be unveiled at 00:00 on 10/12 (Wed.)】＜Included in Takanori Iwata's 1st album "The Chocolate Box"＞Music video for "Ienai" to be unveiled!]</ref>
It will result to:
On October 12, 2022, Iwata Takanori unveiled the music video of the song "Ienai".[2]
- By just using the reference's link: <ref>*link*</ref>
Example:
On October 12, 2022, [[Iwata Takanori]] unveiled the music video of the song "[[Ienai]]".<ref>https://www.ldh.co.jp/eng/news/detail.php?lang=eng&site=TRIBE&newsid=0000040261</ref>
It will result to:
On October 12, 2022, Iwata Takanori unveiled the music video of the song "Ienai".[3]
To use the same reference for different paragraphs, add name="*name here*" to the <ref> parameter, and <ref name="*name here*"/> to the other paragraphs that you want to use the same reference.
Example:
On October 12, 2022, [[Iwata Takanori]] unveiled the music video of the song "[[Ienai]]".<ref name="ienai">[https://www.ldh.co.jp/eng/news/detail.php?lang=eng&site=TRIBE&newsid=0000040261 【To be unveiled at 00:00 on 10/12 (Wed.)】＜Included in Takanori Iwata's 1st album "The Chocolate Box"＞Music video for "Ienai" to be unveiled!]</ref> In the same day, he released his first album ''[[The Chocolate Box]]''.<ref name="ienai"/>
It will result to:
On October 12, 2022, Iwata Takanori unveiled the music video of the song "Ienai".[4] In the same day, he released his first album The Chocolate Box.[4]
Do not forget that you need to use the {{reflist}} template at the end of the page. This will create a numbered listing of your citations.
References
- ↑ Hello! I'm a reference.
- ↑ 【To be unveiled at 00:00 on 10/12 (Wed.)】＜Included in Takanori Iwata's 1st album "The Chocolate Box"＞Music video for "Ienai" to be unveiled!
- ↑ https://www.ldh.co.jp/eng/news/detail.php?lang=eng&site=TRIBE&newsid=0000040261
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 【To be unveiled at 00:00 on 10/12 (Wed.)】＜Included in Takanori Iwata's 1st album "The Chocolate Box"＞Music video for "Ienai" to be unveiled!