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To add this template to an article, copy and paste: {{Format footnotes|{{subst:DATE}}}} or {{Format footnotes|date=December 2024}} Both options result in the same output. This template will add the page to Category:Articles needing footnote reformatting and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.
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 ...
For advice on how to organize and format bibliographic citations, see the guideline on Citing sources and examples of Citation templates. Footnotes are created using the Cite software extension. This extension adds the HTML-like elements <ref>...</ref>, <references /> and <references>...</references>.
[[Category:Footnote templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Footnote templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
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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 {{ cite news }} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations).
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.
This template is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. See also citation templates for more on templates for citing open-source web content in Wikipedia articles. Here are some convenient examples. Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page {{Cite web |url= |title= |access-date= |format= |work= }}