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Template harvtxt creates a short author–date citation with a one-directional link to the first matching citation template on the same page. {{}} is designed to be used to create shortened footnotes, a citation style which pairs a short, author-date citation in a footnote with a complete citation in the references section at the end of the article (see example below).
For most simple Harvard citations the templates {}, {}, and {} are easier to use. The template name "Harvard citations" can be abbreviated as "harvs". Note that the use (or even non-use) of these templates is an element of citation "style", and adding or removing them in articles with an established style should be consistent with that style.
A summary of the syntax of all Harvard citation templates is at Template:Harvard citation documentation. The Harvard citation templates available for use can be divided into two groups, depending on the format used for displaying page numbers. One style displays page numbers using p., creating a citation that looks like (Blust 1999, p. 12).
This template is similar to Template:harvtxt, with the exception that it is intended to be used on an article talk page and links to references located on the associated article page rather than the talk page itself. It makes it easier to discuss article references on the associated talk pages.
MakeRef: A form for creating various {} templates. OABOT, a tool that finds open-access links for citations; Web2Cit: An automatic citation generator for web sources, meant to complement citation results by Citoid for which no valid translators exist. Web2Cit translators are community controlled. It runs its own server on toolforge.
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 ...
Citation templates are often used to format the citations that show in the reference list. Many of these templates can create anchors that allow links from reference templates that are placed in-text with the content to the full citation in the reference list. These links are a convenience and are not a requirement; the use of reference and ...