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Open your document in Word, and "save as" an HTML file. Open the HTML file in a text editor and copy the HTML source code to the clipboard. Paste the HTML source into the large text box labeled "HTML markup:" on the html to wiki page. Click the blue Convert button at the bottom of the page.
This section describes how to add footnotes and also describes how to create a list of full bibliography citations to support shortened footnotes. The first editor to add footnotes to an article must create a dedicated citations section where they are to appear. Any reasonable name may be chosen.
The remaining footnotes will use shortened citations (these usually contain the author's last name, the date of publication, and the relevant page number[s]). A less common approach is to attach a {{rp|page}} right after the footnote marker replacing the "page" with the appropriate page number or numbers. For example:
If you are using the Footnotes method (the <ref> and </ref> tags), all you have to do when creating a reference section is insert the simple <references /> code or the {} template, which automatically generates a list of references for the inline citations provided in the article.
For a list of explanatory footnotes or shortened citation footnotes: "Notes", "Endnotes" or "Footnotes" For a list of full citations or general references: "References" or "Works cited" With the exception of "Bibliography", the heading should be plural even if it lists only a single item. [j]
Explanatory or content notes are used to add explanations, comments or other additional information relating to the main content but would make the text too long or awkward to read. Such notes may include supporting references.
Regular footnotes. A footnote number appears in the body of the article, and the full citation information for that footnote appears at the bottom of the article, in a section usually (but not always) called "References." Harvard-style footnotes. A footnote number in the body of the article links to a brief citation (author plus page number, or ...
A template window then pops up, where you fill in as much information as possible about the source, and give a unique name for it in the "Ref name" field. Click the "Insert" button, which will add the required wikitext in the edit window. If you wish, you can also "Preview" how your reference will look first.