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This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 or Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement in the manner of non-link references and notes. To cite the contemporary Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, use Template:Cite ODNB.
Generates a citation and link for a word defined in the online edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Usage As with all reference notes, the template should be inserted after any punctuation, such as a period or comma.
A subscription template used as a postscript by this template. {{}} —Can be placed on the same line as {{Cite ODNB}} to allow readers who do not have access to ODNB to see older versions of the text now in the public domain.
The in-text cite may be defined with a name so they can be reused within the content and may be separated into groups for use as explanatory notes, table legends and the like. The reference list shows the full citations with a cite label that matches the in-text cite. The cite label is a caret ^ with a backlink to the in-text cite. When a named ...
For the cite tool, see Special:Cite, or follow the "Cite this page" link in the toolbox on the left of the page in the article you wish to cite. The following examples assume you are citing the Wikipedia article on Plagiarism , using the version that was submitted on July 22, 2004, at 10:55 UTC , and that you retrieved the article on August 10 ...
Citations are important in Wikipedia to ensure that information comes from actual, reliable sources (WP:V, WP:CITE). There are three preferred ways of citing sources: Footnotes; Footnotes with list-defined references; Shortened footnotes
Sometimes it will be tagged first with a "citation needed" template to give editors a chance to find and add sources, but some editors will simply remove it because they question its veracity. This tutorial will show you how to add inline citations to articles, and also briefly explain what Wikipedia considers to be a reliable source.
This type of citation is usually given as a footnote, and is the most commonly used citation method in Wikipedia articles. A short citation is an inline citation that identifies the place in a source where specific information can be found, but without giving full details of the source. Some Wikipedia articles use it, giving summary information ...