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*If you include a link to a source just by using simple square brackets (like <nowiki>[http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/odysseus.htm]</nowiki>), it appears only as a number (like <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>) in the text, similar to footnotes. But unlike those, it isn't listed in the references. To get it listed there, you have to include your link into <nowiki><ref>...</ref></nowiki> - tags. (see [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Odysseus&diff=1052314&oldid=1052313 this link] for an example)

*If you include a link to a source just by using simple square brackets (like <nowiki>[http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/odysseus.htm]</nowiki>), it appears only as a number (like <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>) in the text, similar to footnotes. But unlike those, it isn't listed in the references. To get it listed there, you have to include your link into <nowiki><ref>...</ref></nowiki> - tags. (see [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Odysseus&diff=1052314&oldid=1052313 this link] for an example)

--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 04:31, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 04:31, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

::Perhaps either AugustO or Ed Poor can help me, but other than on recent wikis where the quotation mark and the italic notation can be easily confused, I have never seen italic font used as a stand-alone indication of a block quotation.  I have seen italic used for titles or books or for emphasis or for foreign language words, but not as a replacement for quotation marks.  Any sources for this alternative would be appreciated. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 10:56, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

::Perhaps either AugustO or Ed Poor can help me, but other than on recent wikis where the quotation mark and the italic notation can be easily confused, I have never seen italic font used as a stand-alone indication of a block quotation.  I have seen italic used for titles of books or for emphasis or for foreign language words, but not as a replacement for quotation marks.  Any sources for this alternative would be appreciated. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 10:56, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

:A very good question! Conservapedia states in its [[Conservapedia:Formatting conventions]]:

:A very good question! Conservapedia states in its [[Conservapedia:Formatting conventions]]:

::''Italic sections of text are usually used to portion off a portion of text, indicating it is integral to the sentence without being part of its continuation. ''

::''Italic sections of text are usually used to portion off a portion of text, indicating it is integral to the sentence without being part of its continuation. ''

::My thought is that the last time we discussed a formatting issue, I tried to throw my weight around, and it didn't end on a cheerful note. So why don't I just follow whatever you recommend? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] ^{[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]} 21:24, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

::My thought is that the last time we discussed a formatting issue, I tried to throw my weight around, and it didn't end on a cheerful note. So why don't I just follow whatever you recommend? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] ^{[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]} 21:24, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

:::Thanks to both of you.  I just want to say that I have never, ever thought of italics as conveying the limits of a quotation.  I always assumed that someone had put a printout of wiki-marked up text into an OCR scanner and it just got confused between double apostrophes and a quote mark.  I agree with your bottom line.

:::Thanks to both of you.  I just want to say that I have never, ever thought of italics as conveying the limits of a quotation.  I always assumed that someone had put a printout of wiki-marked up text into an OCR scanner and it just got confused between double apostrophes and a quote mark.  I agree with your bottom line. Thanks [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 21:40, 15 May 2013 (EDT)

Thanks [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 21:40, 15 May 2013 (EDT)