Mediawiki: Citations

This can be accomplished using {{Harv}} and {{Citation}} templates. {{Harv}} is used for the inline citation in the body of the article, for example {{Harv|Ritter|2002}} renders as (Ritter 2002).

{{Citation}} is used in references section at the bottom of the article to format the full citation.

* {{Citation| last=Ritter | first=R. | year=2002 | title=The Oxford Style Manual | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=0-19-860564-1 }}

This renders as:

* Ritter, R. (2002), The Oxford Style Manual, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-860564-1

Notice that clicking on the inline citation highlights the full citation.

In articles with mixed citation styles and predominantly using the {{Cite xxx}} family of templates, one can create a {{harv}}-compatible citation using the "ref" parameter which is supported by some of the {{Cite xxx}} family templates, as demonstrated:

* {{cite book| last=Ritter | first=R. | year=2002 | title=The Oxford Style Manual | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=0-19-860564-1 | ref=CITEREFRitter2002}}

In general, the rule is simply to concatenate the string "CITEREF", the last name, and the year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Parenthetical_referencing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_bookhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates
http://www.ehartwell.com/InfoDabble/Mediawiki_citations,_references,_and_bibliography_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harvard_citation_template_examples