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Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Wales |author-first=
While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki>...<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
▲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|here is info on where specifically to place it]]):
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''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find [[Wikipedia:Inline citations|other styles]] being used in an article
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▲''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find [[Wikipedia:Inline citations|other styles]] being used in an article, such as references in parentheses. This [[WP:CITEVAR|is acceptable]], and you shouldn't change it or mix styles. To add a new reference, just copy and modify an existing one.''
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