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Last time I translated a Japanese Wikipedia article that didn't cite any sources, I put upwards of an hour's work into it and it immediately got tagged for speedy deletion. I hastily gathered together some sources (a book I happened to have on hand, mostly) and went from there.

I didn't want that to happen again, so I have meticulously checked almost every statement this time on two independent, apparently reliable sources.

The only problem is that since I provide one or both of these sources for almost every single statement in the article, as it is now, and I'm not sure how to acceptably cite abbreviated references (i.e., author's surname and date plus page number) and only give extended bibliographical details once, in a Wikipedia article, the page is now cluttered with the same 20 or so words over and over again, and only two paragraphs of actual content. WP:CITE's basically saying that "an article should be internally consistent" is not much help.

Should I change all the individual citations to short forms, and add a bibliography section? If so, does the bibliography go before the reference list?

Any help would be appreciated.

elvenscout742 (talk) 03:01, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]