View source for Submissions:2019/Getting rid of ''ibid.'': Consolidate and improve citations with Harvard-style referencing, Worldcat, and Citer

{{WCNA 2019 Session Submission
|status=Declined
|theme=Reliability of Information<br />
|type=Workshop
|abstract=''Ibid.'' is an abbreviation for ''ibidem'', "in the same place". While it is sometimes used explicitly in Wikipedia, more commonly editors use a ''de facto'' version, which consists of a full citation followed later by shortened citations consisting of an author(s) name(s) and year of publication. These are usually hand-crafted and typically do not use citation templates. This often leads to citations that are inconsistent in format and placement. They also usually fail to link to a source. This is often confusing and not conducive to a good user experience!

This tutorial will go through the steps to effective use [[:wikipedia:en:Parenthetical referencing|Harvard-style referencing]] through several steps and many examples.
#What is Harvard-style referencing and why is it desirable?
#Creating the '''Sources''' section
#Creating complete and useful book citations
##Using [https://www.worldcat.org/ Worldcat]
###Obtaining [[:wikipedia:en:Wikipedia:OCLC|OCLC]] numbers to locate items in the nearest library (aligning with Wikipedia's 3rd pillar of providing free content)
###Finding online versions of books, articles, and theses, where availabe
###Obtaining additional parameter information, such as edition, volume, issue, original publication date, publication place, publishers, series, ISBN or ISSN numbers, and etc.
##Using [https://tools.wmflabs.org/citer Citer] to generate reference citation templates, citation templates with ref=harv, and shortened foot note (sfn) templates
###Using Citer with URLs, ISBNs, or DOIs
####What Citer generates for the ref parameter without an author
####Obstacles with using web.archive.org with Citer
###Using Citer with OCLC numbers
##Handcrafting special citation templates or altering citation templates generated by Citer
###<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[:wikipedia:en:template:cite thesis|cite thesis]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
###Correcting templates generated by Citer using a OCLC number
#Putting it all together
##Placing full citations in the Source section
##Using the shortened footnote templates: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[:wikipedia:en:template:sfn|sfn]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[:wikipedia:en:template:harvnb|harbnb]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>, <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[:wikipedia:en:template:harv|harv]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> 
##Using shortened footnote templates to refer to a specific page or pages within a work
|academic=No
|author=Raymond Leonard
|email=raymond.f.leonard.jr{{@}}gmail.com
|username=Peaceray
|affiliates=Cascadia Wikimedians
|time=One hour minimum; prefer longer if possible.
|size=Two dozen give or take; I am comfortable with right-sizing the room to the projected attendance.
|requests=projector & screen; tables so attendees can edit & take notes
|presented=I have presented on citations before at Wikiconference NA '15 & '16, but not in depth on Harvard-style referencing
|present-other=Yes, but I do not think it will be as nearly as effective without the requisite time.
}}