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[[File:Citing sources tutorial, part 1.ogv|thumb|upright=1.2|thumbtime=1|A screencast that walks through the essentials of citing your sources <small>(2:01 min)</small>]]

Inline citations is usually a number in brackets, like this;<ref>{{cite book|last=Wales|first=J|title=What is an inline citation?|year={{CURRENTYEAR}}|publisher=Wikipublisher|pages=6}}</ref> when clicked, it takes the reader to source information near the bottom of the article. (Try it!) An inline citation appears directly after a specific fact that the source supports, or at the end of a sentence, group of sentences, or paragraph that it supports.

Inline citations are usually small, numbered footnotes like this.<ref>{{cite book |author-last=Wales |author-first=Jimmy |title=What is an inline citation? |date={{CURRENTYEAR}} |publisher=Wikipublisher |page=6}}</ref> They are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

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The information within references is displayed together in one place on a page, wherever <code><nowiki><references/></nowiki></code> or, most commonly, the template {{tlx|Reflist}} is present. This will usually be in a section titled "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. The Manual of Style describes [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|wherenear tothe placeend]] suchof athe section]].article:

The information within references is displayed together in one place on a page, wherever <code><nowiki><references/></nowiki></code> or, most commonly, the template {{tlx|Reflist}} is present. This will usually be in a section titled "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. The Manual of Style describes [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|where to place such a section]].

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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. As a general rule, the first major contributor to an article gets to [[WP:CITEVAR|choose the referencing system]] used there. If an article uses a different system than the one you're used to, just copy an existing reference when adding any new reference, then modify it appropriately; don't mix styles.''

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