Help:Referencing for beginners without using templates: Difference between revisions

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Here's a popular reference method which doesn't use [[Wikipedia:templates|templates]] so it speeds loading time. [[Cut, copy, and paste#Copy and paste|Copy and paste]] the following immediately after what you want to reference:

{{pre2pre|<nowiki><ref>author, [article_link "article_name"], ''publisher'', publication_date. Retrieved retrieved_date.</ref></nowiki>}}

Put information between the reference markers. [[Cut, copy, and paste#Copy and paste|Copy and paste]] the author's name. Paste the publication name ''inside'' the apostrophes so it's ''italicized''. Paste the publication date. Inside the brackets {{code|[]}} paste the url first with the article title to the ''right'', and put both url and title ''inside'' the brackets. Remember to leave a blank space between url and title. For example, in editing mode if you type this

{{pre2pre|<nowiki>This is the fact we're trying to reference about inflation being unlikely in 2010.<ref>Patricia Sabatini,[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09289/1005873-28.stm "Inflation unlikely to be a threat as economy emerges from recession"], ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-21.</ref></nowiki><ref> Patricia Sabatini, [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09289/1005873-28.stm "Inflation unlikely to be a threat as economy emerges from recession"], ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', October 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-21.</ref>}}

You get this. It appears in the "references" section automatically:

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If you get a warning about a missing "References" section at the end of the page, just add it:

{{pre2pre|<nowiki>== References ==

{{Reflist}}</nowiki>}}