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This template creates a short author–date citation with a one-directional link to the first matching citation template on the same page. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status 1 1 1st author's last name Example Smith String required 2 2 2nd author's last name or year of publication Example Williams or ...
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).
The "Harvard citations" template is for producing more complicated Harvard citations, when one wishes to link several publications by the same author, or add a link to the author's name. For most simple Harvard citations the templates {{ harv }} , {{ harvtxt }} , and {{ harvnb }} are easier to use.
Reference Organizer presents all references in graphical user interface, where you can choose whether the references should be defined in the body of article or in the reference list template(s) (list-defined format). You can also sort the references in various ways (and optionally keep the sort order), and rename the references.
If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a References section like the one below near the end of the article: ==References== {{reflist}} Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find other styles being used in an article.
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 ...
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:
In the author–date method (Harvard referencing), [4] the in-text citation is placed in parentheses after the sentence or part thereof that the citation supports. The citation includes the author's name, year of publication, and page number(s) when a specific part of the source is referred to (Smith 2008, p. 1) or (Smith 2008:1).