Wiktionary:References

This is intended to augment policy at WT:Entry layout explained#References.

Purpose

References are used to give credit to sources of information used here as well as to provide authority to such information. Importantly, references are not considered primary sources so do not count as 'uses' for the purposes of Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion#Attestation. References are not mandatory for any entry, because Wiktionary includes terms based on their real-world usage, not inclusion in other dictionaries, encyclopedias and glossaries (and so on).

References are useful when they relevant information, such as pronunciation, etymology, context (and so on)

Implementation

References which refer to a specific definition or a specific part of an entry should be wrapped up in <ref></ref>, with a <references/> tag under the ===References=== headers. References referring to an entry as a whole, or many parts of an entry should be listed directly under the ===References=== header, usually preceded by a bullet (*).

References may be requested with the {{unreferenced}} template. This template should not be used for definitions, as definitions rely on primary, not secondary sources.

Examples

• water (permanent link)

===References===
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

gives

• water in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• water in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

See also

• Category:Reference templates
• Wiktionary:Quotations
• Wiktionary:Citations
• Help:Citations, quotations, references