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Use this template to tag information or analysis that you believe is improperly or unnecessarily supported by a tertiary source, so that other editors can see whether this use is appropriate and/or replace it with a citation to a stronger, secondary source. Tertiary sources may be used on Wikipedia, but they need to be handled with care. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template ...
For a citation to appear in a footnote, it needs to be enclosed in "ref" tags. You can add these by typing <ref> at the front of the citation and </ref> at the end. . Alternatively you may notice above the edit box there is a row of "markup" formatting buttons which include a <ref></ref> button to the right—if you highlight your whole citation and then click this markup button, it will ...
This template displays the list of footnotes at the end of an article and provides additional formatting and organizing options. After hitting "Apply changes" and turning back to VE read mode, you will not see the references list. After hitting "Publish page" and turning back to normal read mode the reference list will reappear with the changes applied, see T53146. Template parameters [Edit ...
[[Category:Reference list templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Reference list templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
If a particular source is specifically challenged as being inaccurate or misused, use Template:Verify source, Template:Dubious or some other appropriate inline dispute template, or simply remove the questionable material (especially in a biography of a living person) and discuss the matter on the article's talk page. If it is simply unknown by ...
This template places the citations in their own box under the bold header References at the position where the template was inserted; otherwise the citations (and any others in the talk page) will be listed at the end of the talk page, below all sections. The resulting reference box does not appear in the table of contents.
Auto anchor— the anchor is automatically built by concatenating (running together) template fields such as the author last names and the year (e.g. SmithJones1999) Custom anchor— the anchor is created from text defined in a field; Reference- anchor— the anchor consists of Reference- plus the defined text; Anchor types can be combined.
Templates relating to Citations. Citation templates provide a uniform, easy way to cite sources . The inclusion of a template here does not necessarily mean that the sources in question are appropriate references; for details, see WP:Reliable sources and the individual template pages.