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Summary: Dbljump articles now feature references in the widely-used APA style of academic citation. As an editor, it’s easy to reference many kinds of resources and add multiple sources for each part of your article.

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Good referencing is really important to us here at Dbljump, so I’m really happy to announce that articles on games, people, and companies now feature APA-style referencing.

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Why is referencing important?

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We’re striving to build something important for gaming with Dbljump - a resource you can trust, which honours and respects creators, and keeps high standards for compiling and presenting information.

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Referencing is really important in achieving these goals because:

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  • It makes the information in Dbljump articles verifiable.
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  • It allows you, the reader, to easily find and read sources yourself. A Dbljump article should provide a comprehensive summary on its topic. With good referencing, you can dive further into the details.
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  • It enables us to credit the primary sources used by Dbljump - the journalists, the researchers, the archivists - and help they reach a wider audience.
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What is APA referencing?

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We’ve chosen the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style for Dbljump. Although it was designed for the field of psychology, it’s used today in many fields of science and humanities.

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APA references look like this:

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McWhertor, M. (2020, December 10). Capcom’s making a new
+    Ghosts ’n Goblins. Polygon. Vox Media, LLC.
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Our APA styling is based on Purdue University’s guide to APA 7. We don’t have a perfect implementation yet, but we’ll improve it over time.

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How do you add references to an article?

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As part of the move to support APA, we’ve revamped Dbljump’s tools for creating and editing encyclopaedia-like content.

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When adding or editing an article paragraph, you can now use a simple form to add multiple sources:

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  1. Choose from six currently-supported media types: web article, website, web page, YouTube video, book, or print article.
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  2. Check the URL. If it’s already referenced by another article, you can link it to the article you’re working on.
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  3. Fill in a set of form fields appropriate to the type of source you’re referencing.
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How can we improve this?

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We’ve just launched this feature and we’d love for you to try it and let us know what you think.

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In the future, we plan to:

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  • Validate URLs before saving, to make sure they’re loading
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  • Check source URLs against a deny list of websites before saving, to reduce spam and poor-quality references
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  • Support more kinds of media, like non-YouTube videos
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  • Support page numbers for print media
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You can let us know what you think via Twitter or our Facebook page.

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You can create well-cited gaming articles with Dbljump now!

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Slowly but surely, Dbljump is becoming a unique platform for organising and sharing video gaming knowledge.

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We can only achieve our mission with your help. Register now to join the community and try these new features!

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