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| + | #REDIRECT [[Help:References]] |
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| − | This help article explains how to add a reference or footnote to an article. |
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| − | There are a few items you will need to know about: |
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| − | * The [[:Category: Reference templates|reference templates]] |
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| − | * The <nowiki><references /></nowiki> tag |
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| − | The easiest way to add a reference to an article is by adding <nowiki>{{ref|This is a reference}}</nowiki>. |
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| − | It will appear like this {{ref|This is a reference}} |
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| − | If you try and save the article now, you might get the following error: |
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| − | <strong class=error><nowiki>Cite error: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found</nowiki></strong> |
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| − | This is because it wants to add a list of all the references you've added to the article, but you havent told it where to do this. |
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| − | The best and most preferred place for them is at the end of the article in a section called '''Notes''', along with any [[Help:Categories|Categories]] and [[Help:Templates#Info tables|Information tables]]. |
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| − | To do this, add a section at the end as follows |
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| − | == Notes == |
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| − | <nowiki><references /> |
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| − | info tables |
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| − | categories</nowiki> |
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| − | This will produce a list as follows |
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| − | === Notes === |
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| − | <references /> |
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| − | == Named references == |
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| − | If you want to reuse a reference, say two parts of the article refer to the same chapter, you can add a name to the reference which allows you to reuse it somewhere else. This is done as follows |
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| − | This is the first fact<nowiki>{{ref|name=NAME|this is a reference that gets used multiple times}}</nowiki>{{ref|name=NAME|this is a reference that gets used multiple times}} |
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| − | This is another fact that needs the sane reference<nowiki>{{ref|name=NAME|empty=true}}</nowiki>{{ref|name=NAME|empty=true}} or <nowiki><ref name=NAME /></nowiki><ref name=NAME /> |
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| − | The empty=true argument is optional, and should only be used to defer the text to a following named reference.<nowiki>{{ref|name=NAME}}</nowiki>{{ref|name=NAME}} |
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| − | === Notes === |
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| − | <references /> |
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| − | == Notes versus References == |
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| − | Some articles have points which aren't references, but still need to be notation rather than part of the article proper. This can be accomplished with the group tag. |
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| − | This is a statement which needs notating |
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| − | <nowiki>{{ref|group=nb|And this is a notation}}</nowiki>{{ref|group=nb|And this is a notation}} |
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| − | Where as this needs a reference |
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| − | <nowiki>{{ref|This tag doesnt even have a group}}</nowiki>{{ref|This tag doesnt even have a group}} |
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| − | === Notes === |
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| − | <nowiki><references /></nowiki> |
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| − | <references /> |
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| − | ; notations: |
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| − | <nowiki><references group=nb /></nowiki> |
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| − | <references group=nb /> |
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| − | {{notice|'''''See also''': [[Wikipedia:Help:Footnotes|Footnotes on Wikipedia]]''}} |
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