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This template includes a hidden category—Category:Source attribution—which does not appear at the bottom of an article page but does contain any article page that contains this template. See also {{ Free-content attribution }} — prescript for a source that meets the definition of a free cultural work
This template should be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from an open access source and if there is no source specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates. This template takes one parameter, the name of the source, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work:
Two general purpose templates for attributing specific sources where the text has been copied into Wikipedia from a public-domain source: {{citation-attribution}} {{source-attribution}} Three general purpose templates for attributing specific sources where the text has been copied into Wikipedia from a compatibly-licensed source:
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Attribution templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.
For a citation to appear in a footnote, it needs to be enclosed in "ref" tags. You can add these by typing <ref> at the front of the citation and </ref> at the end. . Alternatively you may notice above the edit box there is a row of "markup" formatting buttons which include a <ref></ref> button to the right—if you highlight your whole citation and then click this markup button, it will ...
The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
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Citation exemptions have also been extended to plot summaries of novels, films, and related media. As Wikipedia's Manual of Style says, "The plot summary for a work, on a page about that work, does not need to be sourced with in-line citations, as it is generally assumed that the work itself is the primary source for the plot summary ...