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2. Help : Referencing for beginners with citation templates

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   The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {{ cite news }} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations).

3. Wikipedia:Citing sources - Wikipedia

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   A general reference is a citation to a reliable source that supports content, but is not linked to any particular text in the article through an inline citation. General references are usually listed at the end of the article in a "References" section, and are usually sorted by the last name of the author or the editor.

4. Help:Referencing for beginners - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners

   To use it, click on Cite at the top of the edit window, having already positioned your cursor after the sentence or fact you wish to reference. Then select one of the 'Templates' from the dropdown menu that best suits the type of source. These are: {} for references to general websites {} for newspapers and news websites

5. Help:Citations quick reference - Wikipedia

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   Citations are important in Wikipedia to ensure that information comes from actual, reliable sources (WP:V, WP:CITE). There are three preferred ways of citing sources: Footnotes; Footnotes with list-defined references; Shortened footnotes

6. Template:Cite web - Wikipedia

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   Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. Used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Last name last last1 author author1 author1-last author-last ...

7. Wikipedia : Harvard citation template examples

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   Harvard citations, placed inside the text of an article immediately after a direct quote or a significant piece of information from a verifiable source, are used to cite the particular reference that the information came from. More than one citation within the article can refer to a single reference, since a single source may be used more than ...

8. Help:Citation tools - Wikipedia

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   Citation Hunt: A tool for browsing snippets of Wikipedia articles that lack citations. Citer: Converts a URL, DOI, ISBN, PMID, PMCID, OCLC, or Google Books URL into a citation and shortened footnote. It also can generate citations for certain major news websites (e.g., The New York Times) and the Wayback Machine.

9. Wikipedia:Citation templates - Wikipedia

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   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 ...