Lexipedium:Citations

All facts that are anything other than basic common knowledge on a topic are required to have in-text citations. As a general rule, any statement that could be realistically disputed should include at least one citation. Multiple citations for the same statement are acceptable and encouraged for any claims that are disputed, especially within the wiki. Citations should be made to reputable sources.

Including citations
As a historical wiki, Lexipedium follows the Chicago citation format. Because of the nature of the wiki, there are additional citation requirements.
 * Never use ibid or any previous citation reference. These will become invalid when additional references are made.
 * Include the full citation each time. The dynamic nature of the wiki means that the first occurrence of each reference will change.
 * Use the footnote format.

Uncited material
Unlike Wikipedia, Lexipedium does not allow any unsourced content to remain in articles with a "citation needed" notice. If you see uncited claims, remove them and make a note on the talk page if you believe that they may be valid so that someone might provide a source.