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Citation Style 1 (CS1) is a collection of reference citation templates that can be modified to create different styles for different referenced materials. Its purpose is to provide a set of default formats for references on Wikipedia.
This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for books. When citing an article in a periodical, use {{ cite journal }} or {{ cite magazine }} . For conference papers, use {{ cite conference }} .
Copy and remove (cut) the entire {} template with the list of references. Install the References segregator tool and click the "Segregate refs for editing" button. Remove all the empty <ref> tags from the lower text box. Paste the list of references into the lower text box (after its existing contents).
Forms of short citations used include author-date referencing (APA style, Harvard style, or Chicago style), and author-title or author-page referencing (MLA style or Chicago style). As before, the list of footnotes is automatically generated in a "Notes" or "Footnotes" section, which immediately precedes the "References" section containing the ...
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:
Each in-text cite is formatted as a superscripted alphanumeric character called the cite label and is enclosed by brackets; example: [1]. The cite label has an HTML link to the full citation in the reference list. In-text cites are automatically ordered by the cite label starting from the first use on a page.
When referencing books, it is imperative to cite the page numbers. Providing the specific page (or pages) allow other editors to verify what is being stated.
Articles may be more legible / accessible if multiple citations are bundled into a single footnote avoiding clutter and the appearance of citation overkill. To concatenate multiple citations for the same content into a single footnote, there are several layouts available, as illustrated below: