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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 <nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki> tags |
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| − | * The <nowiki><references /></nowiki> tag |
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| − | * The {{T|bref}} template |
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| − | The easiest way to add a reference to an article is by adding <nowiki><ref>This is a reference</ref></nowiki>. |
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| − | It will appear like this <ref>This is a reference</ref> |
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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</ref></nowiki><ref name=NAME>this is a reference that gets used multiple times</ref> |
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| − | This is another fact that needs the sane 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</ref></nowiki><ref group=nb>And this is a notation</ref> |
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| − | Where as this needs a reference |
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| − | <nowiki><ref>This tag doesnt even have a group</ref></nowiki><ref>This tag doesnt even have a group</ref> |
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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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