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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:
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 ...
Templates are also optional, but if there is a template that the character is in, it is generally required that it appears on the character page (usually someone else will edit and add a template in if you miss it, so don't fret about templates either). The series the character usually appears in will usually have a template, so try looking for ...
Creates a Google custom-search link, which searches one site (and, optionally, pages with URLs containing one directory path in the site). (If you want to search on the entire Web, use {{}} instead.)
{{google|1 pound in kilograms {{=}}}} 1 pound in kilograms = Use Template:= to add an = sign to trigger Google Calculator when necessary; that template cannot be substituted. {{google|1 pound in kilograms}} 1 pound in kilograms: Google may display Calculator results for some expressions even if they lack a trailing equals sign.
This template is a cut-down instance of the more general {{Google custom}} template. You may wish to make similar templates if you need to create repetitive links to other portions of Wikipedia that {{Google custom}} can search. This saves much typing compared to using {{Google custom}} for each link.
Use of these templates is manual, authors may copy-and-paste the desired template into their text, and erase fields they do not need. Remember the {{double curly braces}}, and a vertical bar between fields. Introductory ("Beginner" and "Tutorial") pages such as the CITING SOURCES tab in the Wikipedia:Tutorial page do not necessarily cover ...