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:::I'm also not sure about Ettolrhc's comment, since what she's asking for seems, well, epistemically inaccessible in some instances - surely the person who has only consumed one version of the work only knows what's in that one version. (It also doesn't comment on the different ranges that Dead Romance could be attributed to. But that's something without an obvious solution, so it's understandable.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:59, 21 June 2023 (UTC) | :::I'm also not sure about Ettolrhc's comment, since what she's asking for seems, well, epistemically inaccessible in some instances - surely the person who has only consumed one version of the work only knows what's in that one version. (It also doesn't comment on the different ranges that Dead Romance could be attributed to. But that's something without an obvious solution, so it's understandable.) [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:59, 21 June 2023 (UTC) | ||
:::: Lua's great and really easy to learn. Check out [https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/lua/ this] if you're planning to. | |||
:::: You raise an excellent point, Najawin. There are 2 very similar citation options that could be used here, but they are different. | |||
:::: The first is <tt>|ed=</tt> which is part of the "precise cite" block. This is intended to be used when citing page numbers or timestamps and not really much else. The reason for this is that page numbers and timestamps can vary between editions. It's not meant to indicate something unique to any given edition, but rather to provide clarity on the page number/timestamp. Hence, if you are citing a specific page number/timestamp and there are multiple editions, you should always use <tt>|ed=</tt>. | |||
:::: The second is <tt>|var=</tt> with {{tlx|store variant data}}. This is intended to be used when you do want to highlight a difference between 2 versions of a source, but it is important to note that it is intended to be optional. It should be used only when you know there is a difference and want to highlight that. The simplest case here would be that you have both versions in front of you and can properly compare. However, I originally came up with it for animated reconstructions and there's rarely an original to compare to with those. In these cases, it's for things that would just be impossible to have in the original, such as the inclusion of the [[Magpie Electricals]] in ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]''. It could also be used when citing colour details to coloured animations of originally black and white serials. The point is that it should be used only when you know there is definitely a difference and want to highlight that. Hence, if you only have the variant or original and don't know the differences between them, you wouldn't use this. [[User:Bongolium500|<span title="aka Bongolium500">Bongo50</span>]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="talk to me">☎</span>]] 08:07, 21 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
