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New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it

After a long Request for Comment at Help talk:Citation Style 1, consensus was reached for creating a new template to allow robust and standardized citations for revelations and epiphanies experienced by Wikipedia editors. The template, ((Cite altered state)), offers a number of parameters representing a broad range of philosophical, religious, and pharmaceutical experiences.

((Cite altered state
| thought          =
| author           =
| date             =
| state            =
| substance1       =
| dose1            =
| substance2       =
| dose2            =
| background-audio =
| audio-author     =
| url              =
| access-date      =
| medium           =
| like-whoa-man    =
))

Examples:

  • "God explains little and decides nothing." Revealed to me in a dream. Sleep: Selected Ambient Works 85–92, Aphex Twin. 2023-03-19.
  • "Each human soul is a temporary fragment of the eternal, an ephemeral window from which the Absolute can be glimpsed." Psilocybe cubensis: 4 grams. August 1994.
  • "An alligator with wings would just be a dragon." Whiskey: 6 shots. Subsequent substances: not clearly remembered. Like ten years ago. Like, whoa, man.
  • "The government is bullshit." Really thinking about it: A few weeks. September 2011.

It's hoped that this template, and the accompanying citation guidelines, will allow us to finally put into articles the revelations, fully-baked ideas, cosmic truths, and toaster inventors that Wikipedia has always struggled to properly include.

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  • Documentation: The invention, creation or use of this template necessitates an altered state -- GreenC 18:57, 23 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Speaking of God, I see that Elon Musk has offered to donate 1 billion dollars to Wikipedia if we change our name to "Dickipedia." Now that's an offer I would have trouble in refusing. "Dickipedia" doesn't sound so bad, does it, for our collective endeavors to bring some sense into this disintegrating world? (Ok, guys, I'm joking -- but I'm tempted to call Musk's bluff. Send us a check, Elon, and we'll open an RFC to discuss the subject.) Smallchief (talk) 13:33, 27 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]