Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies

(The inclusion of the words "and related organizations" in the title and "and organizations like ..." in the lead create a partially indiscrimate inclusion criteria since "related organizations" and "organizations like" are not fully defined. Although literature about or authored by Prem Rawat is clearly within the scope of the bibliography, its not clear what kind of relationship to Prem Rawat is necessary to include other literature. )

• Indiscriminate lead example:

  List of books about risk

  is a list of books about risk issues.

(The concept of risk is not defined in the lead nor is it linked to the article on risk. Even if it were, the article reveals that risk is such a broad and variable term that it would be difficult to discriminate works about risk from works not about risk. This is a classic case of an indiscriminate lead.)

Single article bibliographies

Most topical bibliographies will be single articles or lists with enough entries to warrant a separate list, yet not so many that a summary style is required. If there are fewer than 10 possible entries in the bibliography, then those entries should be included in a

In each section, bibliography entries should be organized either as a bulleted list or wikitable in chronological or alphabetical (by author) order. Bulleted lists and wikitables should not be mixed within the bibliography. Chronological entries are most suitable for bibliographies on topics with a long history of literature on the topic. Chronological entries allow the user to see a progression on works on the topic over time. Alphabetical listings are suitable for shorter bibliographies and those where the difference between the earliest and latest publication dates is not great. Section headings are useful for distinguishing between works of different type or focus.

Examples

Alphabetical bulleted list:

• Baker, Don (1997). Ghost Towns of the Montana Prairie. Boulder, CO: Fred Pruett Books.
  ISBN 0871080508
  .
• Fifer, Barbara (2002). Montana Mining Ghost Towns. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press.
  ISBN 1560371951
  .
• Miller, Don C. (1982). Ghost Towns of Montana. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing.
  ISBN 0871086069
  .
• Whitfield, William W. (2007). Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps: A Pictorial Guide. Stevensville, Montana: Stoneydale Press Publishing Co.
  ISBN 978-1931291385
  .

• Miller, Don C. (1982). Ghost Towns of Montana. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing.
  ISBN 0871086069
  .
• Baker, Don (1997). Ghost Towns of the Montana Prairie. Boulder, CO: Fred Pruett Books.
  ISBN 0871080508
  .
• Fifer, Barbara (2002). Montana Mining Ghost Towns. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press.
  ISBN 1560371951
  .
• Whitfield, William W. (2007). Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps: A Pictorial Guide. Stevensville, Montana: Stoneydale Press Publishing Co.
  ISBN 978-1931291385
  .

• If an entry has a Wikipedia article, merely wikilinking it to the article verifies it because the reader can navigate to the article and determine if the entry meets the inclusion criteria:
  • Halford, F. M. (1886). Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington.
• If an entry does not have a Wikipedia article and there might be any doubt that it belongs in the bibliography, it should be cited with a reliable source that verifies its relevance:
  • ISBN 0517505843.^[2]
• If an entry includes annotations, even if there is a Wikipedia article on it, the annotations may be verified by citations:
  • Venables, Colonel Robert (1662). The Experienced Angler or Angling Improved. London: Richard Marriott., Extensively cited in Herd's The Fly, Venables work provides great insight into the fly tackle and techniques being used in the 17th century^[3]
• A quotation associated with an entry may be useful to show the relevance of the entry to the bibliography. All quotations should be cited according to:
  the guidelines on quotations
  :
  • Gingrich, Arnold (1974). The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature. New York: Winchester Press., Gingrich, the well known founding editor of Esquire magazine surveys the major pieces of classic and modern fly fishing literature up through the 1950s. It is an excellent read to get a better understanding of the evolution of the various styles of fly fishing—wet, nymphs, dry, etc. as originally written about by the likes of Halford, Skues, Gordon and Jennings along with many others.

Arnold Gingrich, founding editor of Esquire magazine, is a tremendous part of the literary history of fly fishing. The Fishing In Print, The Joys of Trout, and The Well-Tempered Angler are indispensable titles to the well-read fly fisherman of today.

— Glenn Law, A Concise History of Fly Fishing, 1995.^[4]

Author bibliographies

Author bibliographies are lists of the published works of an

Lead

The

The Umberto Eco bibliography contains a list of works published by Umberto Eco.

Including a description of the various types and numbers of works published, their period of publication and highlights of the most prestigious works will make the lead more compelling. The

Mixed topical and author bibliographies: Some bibliographies contain both works written by the author and works about the author written by others. Leads in these cases should be as explicit as possible on the inclusion criteria for works about the author.

The Richard Nixon bibliography includes publications by former president Richard Nixon and books and articles about him and his policies.

Infobox

Author bibliographies that contain {{

Generally, author bibliographies are best presented in chronological order of publication with the earliest works listed first. If the author has a comprehensive set of works spanning different topics, genres or types of publications, the use of section headings is appropriate to delineate those differences. However, within individual sections, works should be listed chronologically.

Lists of works may be in ordered in list format or wikitable format. Either is acceptable but generally should not be mixed within any given bibliography.

Book links

When a

White, Phillip M (October 2004). Bibliography of Native American bibliographies. Greenwood Publishing Group.

ISBN 978-0-313-31941-9

.

• {{cite book}} – the example below has a link to an online version:

Anderson, Fred (2000). Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War 1754-1766. Random House Digital, Inc.

ISBN 978-0-375-70636-3

.

— (2000). Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War 1754-1766. Random House Digital, Inc.

ISBN 978-0-375-70636-3

.

• {{cite journal}} – cite journal with a link to an online version:

Hayden, F.V. (February 1872). "More about the Yellowstone". Scribner's Monthly. III (4): 388–396.

• {{cite report}}:

Culpin, Mary Shivers (1994). The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service.

• {{cite web}}:

Ellis, Warren (2011-04-11). "The Spaces Between Stars". Mulholland Books. Retrieved 2011-09-02.

For a complete listing of available citation templates, see: Category:Citation templates

Template limits

The

Rawls, John (1971). [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA1 ''A Theory of Justice'']. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00078-0

Annotations

Bibliography entries may be annotated to provide additional relevance and explanation of the work.^[5] Annotations should be indented (by adding one colon following the asterisk in front) and cited with a reliable source.

Bibliographies within Wikipedia should be added to one or more of the following categories (including many sub-categories):

Recognized content

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by WP:RECOG for configuration options.

This table is automatically updated by Oleg Alexandrov's WP 1.0 bot. See the log for the latest changes. Bibliographies articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FL 1 22 16 1 40 GA 1 1 B 1 3 1 3 8 C 3 2 5 22 2 34 Start 1 3 13 72 11 100 Stub 2 6 91 1 100 List 2 36 152 425 276 891 Category 153 153 Project 7 7 Template 9 9 NA 2 29 80 111 Other 16 16 Assessed 8 46 201 659 265 291 1,470 Unassessed 22 22 Total 8 46 201 659 265 313 1,492 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,262 Ω = 5.19

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