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Single citation of a reference or footnote
At the point of citation in the article, enter the footnote or reference like this:
[1]
You can include formatting and links in the footnote or reference in the usual way. The reference will become visible in the
- ↑ Excel For Dummies, First Edition, Hungry Minds, Inc., 1980.
list at the bottom, if there is one.
[edit] Creating the list of References or Footnotes
At the point where you want the text of the footnotes or references to appear (usually at the end of the article in a Notes or References section), insert the tag:
The template
is an alternative, mostly used if there are many footnotes.
[edit] Multiple citations of the same reference or footnote Shortcut: WP:NAMEDREFS
To cite the same reference or footnote several times, identify it using the name parameter of the Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Then at all the other citation points, just enter:
[1]
You are free to pick any footnote name, subject to a few rules. The footnote name is internal and will not be displayed anywhere when the page is viewed. Footnote names are case sensitive and may not be a numeric integer. The quotes are optional unless the name or group includes a space, punctuation or other mark. Names and groups should be kept simple and restricted to the standard English alphabet and numerals. [edit] Using templates to insert reference text
A number of templates, such as a generic , or more specific {{{title}}}. , Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified., etc., are available to format the text between [2] tags in a more structured way. These are described at Wikipedia:Citation templates. Their use is optional: they do aid with consistent formatting, but on the other hand they can make editing more cumbersome