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To do this, you can put {{Reflist}} in the "References" section. You can put <references/> there instead, if you want. If all this is a bit confusing, you can use this handy tool while you learn how to make citations by hand. It has a form you fill out with the information of the web page or news story and it will generate a citation for you.
{} for references to general websites {} for newspapers and news websites {} for references to books {{cite journal}} for magazines, academic journals, and papers; 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.
General references and other full citations may similarly be either combined or separated (e.g. "References" and "General references"). There may therefore be one, two, three or four sections in all. It is most common for only citation footnotes to be used, and therefore it is most common for only one section ("References") to be needed.
For example, do not write: Richard Feynman was also known for work in [[Parton (particle physics)|particle physics]]. Here readers would see the link displayed as particle physics , not the hidden reference to the page Parton (particle physics) , unless they followed the link or inspected the target title e.g. by mousing over it.
The in-text attribution does not give full details of the source – this is done in a footnote in the normal way. See In-text attribution below. A general reference is a citation that supports content, but is not linked to any particular piece of material in the article through an inline citation. General references are usually listed at the ...
Use reliable sources of information. Use the article's existing reference style, with a reference list at bottom of the article. Sources should be cited when adding material that is controversial or likely to be challenged, when quoting someone, when adding material to the biography of a living person, and when uploading an image.
With respect to appendix and footer sections, Wiki policy pages recommend the following general approach: Links to other articles within Wikipedia come first, then references pertaining to the article, then links to other external material, and finally navigational templates. When present, appendix and footer sections are presented in this ...
This appendix serves as a quick reference when you have a question about what an onscreen element does. Note: The placement of the links and tabs described in this appendix are based on the use of the Vector skin, the standard way that all new editors see Wikipedia.