Thread:Paul Nebeling/@comment-6697950-20170126184716

Hello there. I saw that you've attempted to reference an event on the timeline; however, timeline referencing works differently from regular article referencing. On the timeline, references are made for the date (and possibly time as well) of an event, not the existence of an event. This is done because in half the cases, the date of an event is either mentioned in a different publication/chapter than the event itself, or the date is derived from a calculation based on a given relative date (e.g., "x days ago, x days before event Y) and thus needs to be explained. This is also specifically why the timeline is marked as adopted - the majority of editors misunderstand how the referencing works on the timeline, thus I'd prefer if editors contacted me before editing the article to ensure that they understand how referencing must be done before starting work. 