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Wiki markup quick reference – a one-page quick reference (included in the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure) to help you remember the most frequently used wiki markup codes. References – explains why references are important, what the expectations for sourcing on Wikipedia are, where to place references, and the basics of adding "ref" tags.
English: Citations are the backbone of Wikipedia, and of most Wikipedia-based classroom assignments. This is a practical and advice-driven guide on identifying good sources, and how to cite those sources using Wiki markup.
Now click after the text you would like to create a reference for. Now type in <ref> tag before your reference and type </ref> after your reference. Wiki software will automatically add your inline reference number. You can also use the Cite gadget, described on the next page, to insert the <ref> tags and citation details.
If you are the first contributor to add citations to an article, you may choose whichever style you think best for the article. However, since 5 September 2020, inline parenthetical referencing is a deprecated citation style on English-language Wikipedia.
This is when the reference is given an identifying name, a marker of sorts, so that the identifying name can be used in place of typing out the reference. This tells the wiki when the same reference is used, so that it will appear only once in the references section.
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 {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
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