Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== How to get Harvard Citation Style to link directly to source ==

Hello Wikipedians. I am new to editing here and currently editing an article in the hopes of getting it peer-reviewed. 

I'm currently having problems with standardizing the citation style. 

[[Province of Pennsylvania#CITEREFMiller2002]] doesn't link directly to the citation in the Bibliography section of the article like i've seen it done on other articles. I set the citation ref as Miller2002 and it still wont work.


Can someone helo me fix this? Thanks in advance. [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-15418-59|&#126;2026-15418-59]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-15418-59|talk]]) 10:05, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:@[[User:~2026-15418-59|~2026-15418-59]] Refer to the [[Template:Cite]] template, which helps with source formatting. If you add this from visual editor (type "<nowiki>{{</nowiki>", and then type "Cite" and press enter; alternatively, click on the big double apostrophe button on the top bar), there's a visual guide that helps you type in the fields. We also have a variety of citation templates, such as [[Template:Cite book]], [[Template:Cite journal]], and [[Template:Cite web]]. '''[[User:.nhals8|<span style="color:#fff; background:#A41720">n.h.huit, 化けの花</span>]]''' 11:39, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-15418-59|&#126;2026-15418-59]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-15418-59|talk]]) 11:50, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:~2026-15418-59|~2026-15418-59]] Oh and the actual citation for Harvard style is [[Template: Harvard citation]]. 😞 '''[[User:.nhals8|<span style="color:#fff; background:#A41720">n.h.huit, 化けの花</span>]]''' 11:52, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:~2026-15418-59|~2026-15418-59]]: I'm not quite sure what you're doing but I suspect the issue is consistency. When I go to source editor and search Miller, these are the results:
:* Miller 2002
:* Miller_2002
:* Miller2002
:* Miller|2002
:Why don't you change them all to just "miller". [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]]) 11:56, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Those are the citations made automatically using the built in tool. I did try changing "Miller 2002" to "Miller 2002" because I thought that the issue was the space, to no luck.
::I was going to convert the automatic citations of the book to one source but the Harvard ref template did not work. Thank you for the help [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-15418-59|&#126;2026-15418-59]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-15418-59|talk]]) 12:59, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I've fixed it now. The {{tl|cite book}} has two editors and a year, so you don't need the {{para|ref}} parameter. It does mean that the in-text citation using {{tl|sfn}} needs to mention both editors. --[[User:Rchard2scout|rchard2scout]] ([[User talk:Rchard2scout|talk]]) 11:22, 13 March 2026 (UTC)