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<nowiki><ref></nowiki>author, <nowiki>[article_link "article_name"],</nowiki> <nowiki>''publisher''</nowiki>, publication_date. Retrieved retrieved_date.<nowiki></ref></nowiki><br>

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

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The ''Retrieved'' date is when you fetched the reference; the ''publication date'' is when the article was published. The ''url'' is the line like <nowiki>''http://www.etc''</nowiki>; [[Cut, copy, and paste#Copy and paste|copy and paste]] the url in if available since it makes it easy for checking references. You can also put in the ISBN, co-author names, page numbers and such; see [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citing sources]].

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::<nowiki>== References ==</nowiki><br>

::<nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki><br>

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Experiment on sandbox pages or your user talk page.

Remember many referencing styles are possible. Some editors prefer alternatives (see below). When possible, use the style others prefer. See [[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Citation templates and tools|Citing sources]] for further discussion.

==Further information==

* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]], overall guideline

* [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]], overview of templates, which are optional

* [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]], explains the &lt;ref&gt; tag

* [[Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing]], an alternative to footnotes

* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference]]

*[[Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners]]

*[[Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners with citation templates]]

==External links==

* [http://toolserver.org/%7Emagnus/makeref.php Citation generator]

* [http://diberri.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/templatefiller/?type=&id= Citation generator for ISBN, PubMed, PubChem and other sources]

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