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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>]]

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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|here is info on where specifically where to place such a sectionit]].):

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== References ==

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