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Bharatwiki Socrates at 15:18, 9 October 2026

2026-10-09T15:18:11Z

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	Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.~~<ref>{{cite book \|author-last=Wales \|author-first=Jimmy \|title=What is an inline citation? \|date={{CURRENTYEAR}} \|publisher=Wikipublisher \|page=6}}</ref>~~ They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.		Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this. They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

	While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.		While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.

WikiDwarf: this is more detail than we need for an introductory level; average readers won't encounter parenthetical citations very often, given that they were already rare and we've removed a ton since we deprecated them.

2022-08-03T14:24:14Z

this is more detail than we need for an introductory level; average readers won't encounter parenthetical citations very often, given that they were already rare and we've removed a ton since we deprecated them.

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	Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book\|last=\|first=\|title=What is an inline citation?\|~~year~~={{CURRENTYEAR}}\|publisher=~~Bharatpublisher~~\|~~pages~~=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.		Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book \|author-last=Wales \|author-first=Jimmy \|title=What is an inline citation? \|date={{CURRENTYEAR}} \|publisher=Wikipublisher \|page=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.


	While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.		While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.

			If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a References section like the one below [[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements\|near the end]] of the article:
	If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a References section like the one below ([[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements\|~~here is info on where specifically to place it~~]]):
	<pre>		<pre>
	==References==		==References==
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	</pre>		</pre>

			''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find [[Bharatpedia:Inline citations\|other styles]] being used in an article. This [[BP:CITEVAR\|is acceptable]], and you shouldn't change it or mix styles. To add a new reference, just copy and modify an existing one.''
	''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find [[Bharatpedia:Inline citations\|other styles]] being used in an article~~, such as references in parentheses~~. This [[BP:CITEVAR\|is acceptable]], and you shouldn't change it or mix styles. To add a new reference, just copy and modify an existing one.''

	{{fake heading\|sub=2\|References}}		{{fake heading\|sub=2\|References}}

WikiDwarf at 04:33, 8 June 2021

2021-06-08T04:33:32Z

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	Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book\|last=~~Wales~~\|first=J\|title=What is an inline citation?\|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}\|publisher=~~Wikipublisher~~\|pages=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.		Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book\|last=\|first=\|title=What is an inline citation?\|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}\|publisher=Bharatpublisher\|pages=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

WikiDwarf: Created page with "{{intro to| {{Shortcut|BP:INTREF2}} Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.{{cite book|last=Wales|first=J|title=What is an inline citation?|yea..."

2021-06-08T04:31:51Z

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{{Shortcut|BP:INTREF2}}

Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wales|first=J|title=What is an inline citation?|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}|publisher=Wikipublisher|pages=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.

If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a References section like the one below ([[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|here is info on where specifically to place it]]):
<pre>
==References==
{{reflist}}
</pre>

''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find [[Bharatpedia:Inline citations|other styles]] being used in an article, such as references in parentheses. This [[BP:CITEVAR|is acceptable]], and you shouldn't change it or mix styles. To add a new reference, just copy and modify an existing one.''

{{fake heading|sub=2|References}}
{{reflist}}
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