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This page sets out the citation format of the Radical Buddhism Project (RBP). It applies to bibliographies and footnotes on all pages of the wiki, including biographies, country profiles, contextual and topical articles, and the identification lines of texts and translations. General rules are on [[Editorial Guidelines]]. The "How to Cite" sections that readers use to cite RBP pages themselves are described on [[Editorial Guidelines - Encyclopedic Pages]] and [[Editorial Guidelines - Texts and Translations]].

== Full Citation Standards ==
=== Global Formatting Rules for Non-Latin and Foreign Materials ===
* '''Personal Names:''' All personal names must be written in Latin script first, immediately followed by the original script in parentheses if it uses a non-Latin script.
** ''Example:'' Lin Qiuwu (林秋梧)
* '''Title Translations:''' If a book, article, or blog post title is written in a language other than English, the title must be kept in its original language, immediately followed by an English translation enclosed in square brackets.
* '''Journal Titles:''' Journal titles must always be given in their original language/script.

=== Standard Templates by Publication Type and Region ===
All examples of books and articles given below are fictional.

==== Western / English Publications ====
* '''Book:''' Surname, Given Names (Year of First Publication). ''Book Title in Italics''. Publisher.
** ''Example:'' Smith, John Arthur (1934). ''Radical Buddhism in Early Taisho Japan''. Academic Press.
* '''Journal Article:''' Surname, Given Names (Year). "Article Title". ''Journal Title in Italics'' Vol.No: Page Range.
** ''Example:'' Doe, Jane Mary (2012). "Zen and the State: The Case of Uchiyama Gudo". ''Journal of Buddhist Politics'' 14.2: 145–168.
* '''Chapter in Edited Volume:''' Surname, Given Names (Year). "Chapter Title". In: Editor Surname, Given Names (Ed./Eds), ''Volume Title in Italics'': Page Range. Publisher.
** ''Example:'' Doe, Jane Mary (2012). "Zen and the State Revisited". In: Smith, John Arthur (Ed.), ''Essays on Radical Buddhism'': 45–68. Academic Press.

==== Chinese Publications ====
* '''Book / Complete Journal:''' Surname Given Names (Original Script) (Year). 《Book Title in Original Script》 [English Translation of Title]. Publisher.
** ''Example:'' Chen Boqiang (陳伯強) (1932). 《左翼佛教與社會改革》 [Left-wing Buddhism and Social Reform]. Kaiming Book Company.
* '''Journal Article / Book Chapter:''' Surname Given Names (Original Script) (Year). 〈Article Title in Original Script〉 [English Translation of Article Title]. 《Journal Title in Original Script》 Vol.No: Page Range.
** ''Example:'' Wang Zhiming (王志明) (2015). 〈林秋梧的階級鬥爭觀與佛法之融會〉 [The Convergence of Lin Qiuwu's View of Class Struggle and the Buddha-dharma]. 《台灣佛教史學報》 12.3: 88–112.

==== Japanese Publications ====
* '''Book:''' Surname Given Names (Original Script) (Year). 『Book Title in Original Script』 [English Translation of Title]. Publisher.
** ''Example:'' Uno Hiroichi (宇野普一) (1975). 『大正時代の仏教社会主義運動』 [Buddhist Socialist Movements of the Taisho Era]. Shōwa Shuppan.
* '''Journal Article:''' Surname Given Names (Original Script) (Year). 「Article Title in Original Script」 [English Translation of Article Title]. 『Journal Title in Original Script』 Vol.No: Page Range.
** ''Example:'' Tanaka Taro (田中太郎) (1998). 「内山愚童の思想的背景」 [The Ideological Background of Uchiyama Gudo]. 『仏教政治研究』 4.1: 22–45.

==== Blog Posts and Websites ====
* '''Template:''' Surname, Given Names (Original Script) (Year, Month Day). Appropriate Punctuation Title [English Translation]. Appropriate Punctuation Blog Title. URL [Archived via Wayback Machine URL].
** ''Example (English):'' Green, David (2018, March 14). "The Anarchist Monks of Meiji Japan". ''Radical Dharma Blog''. http://example-blog.com [Archived at https://archive.org...]
* '''Mandatory Archiving Rule:''' Before listing any online source or blog post, the editor must submit the live URL to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (archive.org) to generate a permanent link. Both links must be present in the citation.

=== Multi-Author Name Ordering Rules ===
When a bibliographic item (book, journal article, or blog post) has multiple authors, the names must not be uniformly inverted. Instead, they must follow standard academic indexing conventions:
* '''The First Author Rule:''' The very first author listed must always have their name inverted with the surname first to facilitate clean alphabetical indexing.
** ''Western Template:'' Surname, Given Names
** ''East Asian Template:'' Surname Given Names (Original Script)
** ''Note:'' For East Asian names, natural order already places the surname first, so no comma or reordering is needed. The "inverted" and "natural" forms are identical in this case.
* '''Subsequent Authors Rule:''' All following authors must be listed in their natural, preferred presentation order.
** For Western authors, this means Given Name followed by Surname (e.g., ''David Smith'').
** For East Asian authors, this means preserving their native or preferred ordering, typically Surname followed by Given Name (e.g., ''Tanaka Tarō'' or ''Chen Boqiang'').
* '''Conjunctions:''' Separate authors with commas, and use an ampersand (''&'') before the final author in the list.

==== Examples ====
* ''Example A (Multi-Author English Journal Article):''
** '''Visible Text:''' Doe, Jane Mary, David Smith, & Robert J. Jones (2012). "Zen and the State: The Case of Uchiyama Gudo". ''Journal of Buddhist Politics'' 14.2: 145–168.
* ''Example B (Multi-Author Japanese Publication):''
** '''Visible Text:''' Tanaka Taro (田中太郎), & Uno Hiroichi (宇野普一) (1998). 「内山愚童の思想的背景」 [The Ideological Background of Uchiyama Gudo]. 『仏教政治研究』 4.1: 22–45.
* ''Example C (Multi-Author Chinese Publication):''
** '''Visible Text:''' Wang Zhiming (王志明), & Chen Boqiang (陳伯強) (2015). 〈林秋梧的階級鬥爭觀與佛法之融會〉 [The Convergence of Lin Qiuwu's View of Class Struggle and the Buddha-dharma]. 《台灣佛教史學報》 12.3: 88–112.

=== Special Manuscript and Edition Rules (Books) ===
* '''Primary Listing Target:''' List the most common or readily accessible edition of a text (typically the first edition).
* '''Multi-Edition Handling:''' If the most common edition is a later printing, the primary "(Year)" after the name remains the year of first historical publication. The publisher field at the end must show both the modern publisher and the edition year.
** ''Template:'' Surname, Given Names (Original Year). Title [Translation] (Publisher, Edition Year).
* '''Annotation Offloading:''' Move alternative printings, reprints, or minor manuscript variations to the descriptive annotation beneath the citation.

== Footnote Referencing Standards (Notes) ==
The following rules apply universally to inline footnotes across all categories of pages (biographies, country profiles, topical articles, and the footnotes of translations and original texts).

=== First Mention Rule ===
* '''Standard Formulation:''' The very first time a source is cited inside a page's footnotes, it must use the exact full citation format specified in [[#Full Citation Standards|Full Citation Standards]] above.
* '''Locators:''' A specific page number, section, or chapter number must follow the full citation.
** ''Example (Book):'' Smith, John Arthur (1934). ''Radical Buddhism in Early Taisho Japan''. Academic Press, p. 45.
** ''Example (Journal):'' Doe, Jane Mary (2012). "Zen and the State: The Case of Uchiyama Gudo". ''Journal of Buddhist Politics'' 14.2: 145–168, sec. 3.

=== Subsequent Mention Rule ===
* '''Standard Formulation:''' Every subsequent time the exact same source is cited on that same page, it must be shortened to prevent footnote bloat. The shorthand string requires the author's surname, the publication year, and an abbreviated version of the title.
* '''Title Typography Rules:''' The abbreviated title must preserve the original source's typography style:
** Use ''italics'' for books, journals, or complete volumes.
** Use "quotation marks" for Western journal articles, chapters, or blog posts.
** Use 「」 for Japanese articles/chapters and 『』 for Japanese books/journals.
** Use 〈〉 for Chinese articles/chapters and 《》 for Chinese books/journals.
* '''Locators:''' Append the specific page, chapter, or section numbers to the end of the shorthand string.
** ''Example (Book Subsequent):'' Smith (1934), ''Radical Buddhism'', pp. 88–89.
** ''Example (Western Article Subsequent):'' Doe (2012), "Zen and the State", p. 150.
** ''Example (Japanese Book Subsequent):'' Uno (1975), 『大正時代の仏教』, p. 12.
** ''Example (Chinese Article Subsequent):'' Wang (2015), 〈林秋梧的階級鬥爭〉, sec. 2.

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