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2. 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 ...

3. Help:Citations quick reference - Wikipedia

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   Footnotes; Footnotes with list-defined references; Shortened footnotes; Citations can also be placed as external links, but these are not preferred because they are prone to link rot and usually lack the full information necessary to find the original source in cases of link rot.

4. Wikipedia:Citing sources

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   This section describes how to add footnotes and also describes how to create a list of full bibliography citations to support shortened footnotes. The first editor to add footnotes to an article must create a dedicated citations section where they are to appear. Any reasonable name may be chosen.

5. Help:Footnotes - Wikipedia

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   The remaining footnotes will use shortened citations (these usually contain the author's last name, the date of publication, and the relevant page number[s]). A less common approach is to attach a {{rp|page}} right after the footnote marker replacing the "page" with the appropriate page number or numbers. For example:

6. Wikipedia:Tutorial (historical)/Citing sources - Wikipedia

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   You can create a footnote with Wiki markup, by adding ref tags around your source, like this: <ref> Your Source </ref> Once you have published your edit, the ref tags will convert your citation of a source into a footnote reference (like this one [1]), with the text of the citation appearing in the References section at the bottom of the article.

7. Help:Referencing for beginners - Wikipedia

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   Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this. [1] They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.