Talk:Truth

Supervisor's comment regarding bibliographic references (1/6/2021)

Dear Stefan,

When you reference a text, you need to ensure two fundamental requirements:

1. Identifying the point where it is supposed to be called, which is usually at the end of a sentence whose statement in based or further developed in the document referred to. This is called intext referencing. When we directly quote a text from a document, the reference has to be given at the end of the quote, and the reference should provide the concrete point where the quote has been extracted from (page, paragraph...). In a platform based on MediaWiki as glossaLAB we have the built-in method of using <ref> followed by the standardised reference -in our case using APA style-, which is ended by the closing command </ref>. As you have seen the system creates a number in the position where you put the <ref> command, at the same time that reproduces the reference with the format you have provided at the bottom of the page.
2. Identifying the document properly, using an standardised procedure. In glossaLAB the standard selected is APA style. If you have any problem about how to follow the format there are many manuals available in the internet. Remember each document type may have its specific referencing format. This full reference is provided in the reference section where the list of all the references used are listed.

In the reference you have provided:

<ref>“Truth, 2.What Sorts of Things are True (or False)?” by Bradley Dowden and Norman Swartz, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ISSN 2161-0002, https://www.iep.utm.edu/truth, 26.05.2021</ref>

neither (1) nor (2) is correctly done. First, you need to allocate it better, second, you need to improve the formating of the reference according to APA style.

All the best, JM