Dishonored Wiki:Sourcing Policy

This is Dishonored Wiki's official Sourcing Policy. Over here, we deal with only canon aspects of the game's storyline and thus, Fanon, speculation or original research are not to be found within the article mainspace.

The exceptions to this rule are when multiple events may occur based on the player's decisions, in which case the various outcomes will be elaborated on with the causes and consequences of each.

Reliable sources
Asides from the game itself, any material by Bethesda Softworks or Arkane Studios relating to Dishonored can be considered canon unless contradicted by the game itself. Up until the game's release it is acceptable to cite reputable news media that is endorsed by Bethesda or Arkane.

No original thought
Original thought refers to material that is not attributable to a reliable, published source. This includes unpublished facts, arguments, ideas, statements, and personal opinion; as well as, by extension, unpublished analysis or synthesis of published material. It is forbidden to include such information, especially when accompanied with an introduction such as "This is pure speculation, but..."

All information on an article must be attributed to a reliable source, and any material added to articles must be explicitly presented in said source.

Code
We have a system of references that is quite similar to Wikipedia, if you are familiar with it. The special tags you will need are   and  .

Using the Reference System
After the information that needs referencing, use the following format to create a reference:

Then add the following to the bottom of the article to create the list of sources:

==References==

Positioning
Citations go immediately after punctuation and outside of quotation marks, with no space between the end of a sentence and a reference tag. It must be made directly after that which is being cited, so as to prevent confusion to the reader.

If an entire paragraph or section cites information from a single source, then simply place the citation at the end of the paragraph or section.

Multiple Citations
If a source is used multiple times in an article, we source it in the following format:

First occurrence -

Subsequent occurrences -

Single Source
In the case of a single source for an entire article, we do not use reference tags, but source the article in the following way at the end:

==Source== Name of the article or source (links if appropriate).