Reference formatting guideline

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This page contains Nukapedia's reference format guideline. It describes how references for article content are structured.

• Guidelines describe desired etiquette and common practice in the creation, editing and organization of articles on this wiki.
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Content

Sections of the reference format policy are organized below by type.

Subpages
Name	Policy
Dialogue	Policy page
Holotapes and notes	Policy page
Terminals and images	Policy page
Publications	Policy page
Non-canon and non-game sources	Policy page
Developer statements	Policy page

Subheader

If references are included in an article, the correct template must be used so that they are visible. The reference subheader is situated at the end of each article, before categories and navboxes. Do not use the {{RT}} template which has been depreciated.

End of the article
Instructions	Code
If there are only canon references in an article, the following is placed at the very bottom:	==References== {{References}}
If there are non canon references also, the following must be added:	==References== {{References}} '''Non-canоn''' {{References|group="Non-canоn"}}

Reference box format
Instructions	Code	Instructions	Code
Another option is to place all references in a scrolling reference box.	{{ref box}}	To use the reference box with non-canon sources.	{{ref box|Non-canоn}}

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