Wikipedia Sample Reference Formats

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See WP:Citing sources

Embedded Citations

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Please see this link.[1]

Author-Date Referencing

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Author-date referencing (Ritter 2002) is also known as the Harvard system (Ritter 2002:18) or parenthetical system (Ritter 2002:134). See also Wikipedia:Footnote3 templates.

Reference List

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  • Ritter, R. (2002). The Oxford Style Manual. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860564-1

Footnote Format A

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A.k.a. Cite.php system. Please see footnotes.[1][2] Footnotes may be given unique identifiers,[3] and in this way they may be used more than once in the text,[3] again and again.[3]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ This is the footnote 1.
  2. ^ This is the footnote 2.
  3. ^ a b c Like this one. The tag is invisible.

Footnote Format B

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Uses Template:Reflist to create a reference list in small font[1] for an article.[2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ I.e., reduced at 90%.
  2. ^ This is the footnote 2.
  • General reference 1
  • General reference 2

Footnote Format B with multiple columns

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Please see footnotes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ This is the footnote 1.
  2. ^ This is the footnote 2.
  3. ^ This is the footnote 3.
  4. ^ This is the footnote 4.
  5. ^ This is the footnote 5.
  6. ^ This is the footnote 6.

Simple Ref/Note System

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Use of simple ref/note tags: each ref tag in the text is matched to a note tag in the footnotes.label 1 Unique invisible nameslabel 2 are used to create a clickable link to a matching notelabel 3 template placed at the footnote locations.[2] It is possible to concatenate several different referencesa to the same note...b

See Wikipedia:Footnote3.

Notes

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  • ^what label? Text of footnote 1. Invisible tags make the link between ref and note, but the optional visible labels can be changed.
  • ^label 3 Text of footnote 3. The order of the notes are entered manually and can be changed or sorted.
  • ^label 2 Text of footnote 2.
  • ^ Text of footnote 4. When optional labels are omitted, this is how the note looks like.
  • ^a ^b ... in this way.

Complex Ref/Note System

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Use of complex ref/note tags: requires three parameters: reference name, number (or label), and id. Each ref tag in the text is matched to a note tag in the footnotes.[11] Unique combinations of parameters reference name+id [22] are used to create a clickable link to a matching note[33] template placed at the footnote locations.[] It is possible to concatenate several different references[Smith 2000:55] to the same note.[Smith 2000:66]

Notes

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  • aaa Text of footnote 11.
  • ccc Text of footnote 33. The order of the notes are also entered manually and can be changed or sorted.
  • bbb Text of footnote 22.
  • ddd Text of footnote 44. When number is omitted, this is how the note looks like.
  • e f Smith (2000), "A book about yammering".

Content Footnotes

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Content footnotes are used primarily for comments on the text,[click] in contrast with source notes. The Template:Cref marks the point in the text where the footnote is inserted.

Notes

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Ideally, the "Notes" section should immediately precede the "References" section, if both are kept separate. Alternatively, rename the section as "Notes and References".

^ click: Content footnotes are used primarily for comments on the text, in contrast with source notes.
^ hover: Content footnotes are used primarily for comments on the text, in contrast with source notes.

Citation Templates

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Citation templates are also available for citing books, encyclopedias, journals, theses, papers, websites, videos, etc.