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Create proper and useful sources for everything you post.
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Create proper and useful sources for everything you post. This includes such as the following:
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*Composers
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*Lyricists
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*Hymn publication dates
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*Birth and death dates of hymnists
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*Posted sheet music (or list yourself as the contributer, if you made it)
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*Posted lyrics
  
To create a source, use the following tags to create a footnote linking to your source: <nowiki><ref>Whatever your source is</ref></nowiki>. Then, under a heading for references or footnotes, put the following tag and nothing else: <nowiki><references/></nowiki>
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You should include the full title, publication date, and hymn or page number of all sources: e.g. Hymns of Faith and Fortitude, 1909, no. 37
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Make the source a link to an online copy of it, if available (such can often be found through [http://books.google.com/ Google Books] or [http://www.openlibrary.org/ Openlibrary.org]).
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To create a source with footnotes, use the following tags to create a footnote linking to your source: <nowiki><ref>Whatever your source is</ref></nowiki>. Then, under a heading for references or footnotes (create one if there is none: i.e. <nowiki>=References=</nowiki> on its own line), put the following tag and nothing else: <nowiki><references/></nowiki>
  
 
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Revision as of 01:38, 7 February 2009

Create proper and useful sources for everything you post. This includes such as the following:

  • Composers
  • Lyricists
  • Hymn publication dates
  • Birth and death dates of hymnists
  • Posted sheet music (or list yourself as the contributer, if you made it)
  • Posted lyrics

You should include the full title, publication date, and hymn or page number of all sources: e.g. Hymns of Faith and Fortitude, 1909, no. 37

Make the source a link to an online copy of it, if available (such can often be found through Google Books or Openlibrary.org).

To create a source with footnotes, use the following tags to create a footnote linking to your source: <ref>Whatever your source is</ref>. Then, under a heading for references or footnotes (create one if there is none: i.e. =References= on its own line), put the following tag and nothing else: <references/>