Manifold Atlas: References

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The bibliography

If the reference you need is already in the bibliography then you can simply cite it as explained below.

If you need to create a new reference there are two possibilities.

Citing references

To cite a document simply type either of the following equivalent commands:

  • {{cite|Author&...&AuthorYear}}
  • \cite{Author&...&AuthorYear}

The convention for citation names in the Manifold Atlas is:

  • full author family names separated by & and followed by the date of publication.

An example citation with generating text is:

The group of homotopy n-spheres is finite for n \neq 3 [Kervaire&Milnor1963].
... {{cite|Kervaire&Milnor1963}}.

To refer to a specific part of a source type {{cite|reference|part}}. For example:

Simply connected, smooth 5-dimensional h-cobordisms are homeomorphic to products [Freedman1982, Theorem 1.3].
... \cite{Freedman1982|Theorem 1.3}.

Open references

If you type a reference, e.g. {{cite|Milnor1957}} into a page containing the {{#RefList:}} command and the reference you tyep is not in the bibliography into a page containing the command then the following occurs.

  • The reference will appear as a blue link in your text and
  • The reference will appear as an open link in the Reference section:
    • if you do not have time to create a reference, this is acceptable Atlas-practice for referencing in the short-term provided the reference name is correctly formed.

The Reference section

  • All pages which cite references should finish with a section entitled References.
  • It is best to generate the reference list automatically : simply place the following command as the sole text in the Reference section:
{{#RefList:}}

External links section

You may also wish to add a section for External links, e.g. External links.

  • Please place the External links section immediately following the References section.
  • External links to most web-sites need be added by hand in the usual way as links to external URLs.
  • For external links to Wikipedia please use the following standard form
* The Wikipedia page about [[Wikipedia:Page_name|link text]].
  • If you do externally link to a Wikipedia page, please also consider editing the Wikipedia page by adding a link to the Atlas page in the External links section of the Wikipedia page. A standard form follows:
==<sectioncount/> External links ==
...
*[http://www.manifoldatlas.him.uni-bonn.de/Page_name link text] at the Manifold Atlas.

Creating new references

  • You can create new references by hand in the box at the top of the bibliography page:
    • Type the author names(s) followed by the publication year of the article into the box:
    • e.g. Freedman1982 or Kervaire&Milnor1963.
    • You will arrive at a new template page for the reference: follow the instructions in the template using the conventions below.

Bibliographic conventions

  • When creating a reference, please follow the conventions established by the following examples: journal article, book.
  • In particular, if a reference is available online please hyperlink the title of the reference to its online source.
  • Make sure that the source-code for the reference concludes with the text: <noinclude>[[Category:Bibliography]]</noinclude>.

Writing about references

Each reference lives on its own template page. This page can contain further mathematical comments on the work cited:

  • ensure that further writing appears inside the command <noinclude> ... </noinclude>:
  • see for example Davis&Pearson2003.

There is also a discussion page if you wish to make less formal points about the work or to open a discussion about the work.

If you know of corrections to statements in a work, please create a section

  • == Corrections ==

and add your corrections. Where possible give references to the literature for corrections and only include corrections of which you are 100% certain. If you are unsure about a point, raise it in a Comments section or on the discussion page.

Please sign your correction by adding ~~~~ on a seperate line at the end of your correction.

If you wish to make some general comments on the work cited, please create a section

  • == Comments ==

and make your comments.

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