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If you've read many Wikipedia articles, then you'll have seen plenty of inlineInline citations. These are usually small, numbered footnotes which link to a full source in a reference section when clicked, like this.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Wales |author-first=JJimmy |title=What is an inline citation? |yeardate=2012{{CURRENTYEAR}} |publisher=Wikipublisher |pagespage=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly afterfollowing the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence afterthat they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

WhenWhile editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations are usuallydisplayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> and <code>...<nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tags.

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 [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|near the end]] of the article:

All the references then appear together on the page, wherever the {{tl|Reflist}} template or <code><no<references /></nowiki></code> tag is present. This will gusually be in a sectionces". If you are creatinggg a brand new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, don't forget

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