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What to cite
The encyclopedia is structured into three citation-friendly tiers. Cite the most specific one you are drawing from:
- Question (
/c/<slug>) — when you are referring to the overall debate or the landscape of positions. - Position (
/p/<slug>) — when you are referring to a single stance and the arguments supporting it. - Argument (
/a/<slug>) — when you are referring to a single line of reasoning. Use/a/<slug>#P1to cite a specific premise. - Proponent (
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The encyclopedia is the corporate author. Individual proponents are documented within each argument and should be cited from their original publications, not from us.
Finding the publication date
Each page shows its last-edited date at the bottom. For most citation styles you can use the year shown. For Chicago, MLA, and Harvard, set the accessed date to the date you actually read the page.
Citation formats
Worked example for the question “Should the monarchy be abolished?” published in 2020, accessed 22 May 2026.
American Psychological Association style. The encyclopedia is the corporate author; accessed date is omitted unless the source is unstable.
Encyclopedia of Opinion. (2020). Should the monarchy be abolished?. https://encyclopedia-of-opinion.org/c/should-the-monarchy-be-abolished
Modern Language Association style. Title in quotation marks, publisher name, host (no protocol), accessed date.
"Should the monarchy be abolished?." Encyclopedia of Opinion, encyclopedia-of-opinion.org/c/should-the-monarchy-be-abolished. Accessed 22 May 2026.
Chicago Manual of Style, author-date variant. Encyclopedia as corporate author with publication year.
Encyclopedia of Opinion. 2020. "Should the monarchy be abolished?." Accessed May 22, 2026. https://encyclopedia-of-opinion.org/c/should-the-monarchy-be-abolished.
Harvard style as used by most UK academic institutions. Title in quotes, year in parentheses, publisher in italics, URL and access date.
Encyclopedia of Opinion (2020) "Should the monarchy be abolished?". Available at: https://encyclopedia-of-opinion.org/c/should-the-monarchy-be-abolished (Accessed: 22 May 2026).
AI assistants
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