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= Absolute Beginner Citation Guide for the International Treaty Law Wiki =

This guide teaches you how to cite sources correctly in this Wiki. It is designed for complete beginners and includes every field you can use in each citation template. All examples and templates are simple, lightweight, and easy to understand.

== 1. Why Citations Matter ==
Citations are required to:
* Prove information is correct  
* Show where facts come from  
* Support academic and legal writing  
* Maintain reliability and transparency  

== 2. When You Must Cite ==
You must add a citation when:
* You quote or paraphrase a source  
* You mention a treaty, UN document, or court case  
* You use data, statistics, or legal interpretations  
* You refer to books, journals, or websites  
* You use archived or preprint material  

== 3. Where to Place Citations ==
Place citations:
* Directly after the sentence
* Before the period

Example:

<nowiki><ref>...</ref></nowiki>

== 4. How to Use Templates ==
All citations use templates.  
You fill in the fields you need.  
Empty fields are ignored automatically.

Below you find every template with every possible field listed.

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= 5. ALL CITATION TEMPLATES WITH ALL FIELDS =

== 5.1 Template:Cite web ==
Use for websites, online articles, UN pages, institutional pages.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* website  
* publisher  
* date  
* url  
* archive-url  
* archive-date  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.2 Template:Cite book ==
Use for books, monographs, textbooks.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* publisher  
* year  
* isbn  
* edition  
* location  
* page  
* pages  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.3 Template:Cite journal ==
Use for academic journal articles.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* journal  
* volume  
* issue  
* year  
* pages  
* doi  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.4 Template:Cite encyclopedia ==
Use for encyclopedia entries.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* encyclopedia  
* publisher  
* year  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.5 Template:Cite treaty ==
Use for treaties, conventions, protocols.

Fields:
* title  
* year  
* place  
* parties  
* depositary  
* source  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.6 Template:Cite UN document ==
Use for UN documents with official symbols.

Fields:
* symbol  
* title  
* body  
* session  
* date  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.7 Template:Cite resolution ==
Use for UNGA and UNSC resolutions.

Fields:
* body  
* number  
* title  
* date  
* meeting  
* session  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.8 Template:Cite case law ==
Use for ICJ, ICC, WTO, ITLOS, and other tribunals.

Fields:
* court  
* case  
* year  
* citation  
* judges  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.9 Template:Cite preprint ==
Use for SSRN, arXiv, OSF, HAL, etc.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* server  
* year  
* doi  
* version  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.10 Template:Cite DOI ==
Use when DOI is the main identifier.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* journal  
* year  
* volume  
* issue  
* doi  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 5.11 Template:Cite ISBN ==
Use for books identified by ISBN.

Fields:
* author  
* title  
* publisher  
* year  
* isbn  
* edition  
* location  
* page  
* pages  
* url  
* access-date  

Code:

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== 6. Displaying References ==
At the end of every article, add:

<nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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== Conclusion ==
By using these templates and filling in the fields you need, you can create clear, consistent, and academically reliable citations for treaties, UN documents, case law, books, journals, and online sources.