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==Deferring details==

Another major technique for clarifying text, containing many footnotes, is to defer the footnote details to later parts of the article, such as using named ref-tags and putting "see: External links" for URLs. For example, listing 3 footnotes:

<source lang="xml">

<code><!--use code-style font-->

<pre> In digital imaging, a pixel&lt;<ref name=MD/>&lt;<ref name=AD/>&lt;<ref name=DE/>

(or picture element) is the smallest part of an image. The word

"pixel" has been in use since before 1964.&lt;<ref name="MD">

Rudolf F. Graf, ''Modern Dictionary of Electronics'',

1999, page 569 (''see below:'' External links).

&lt;</ref>&lt;<ref name="AD">

John Q. Public, ''Another Tech Dictionary'',

2009, page 476-477 (''see below:'' External links).

&lt;</ref>&lt;<ref name="DE">

Disco Dave Citizen, ''Disco Electronics Dictionary'',

1978, page 340 (''see below:'' External links).&lt;</ref></pre>

</codesource>

In the above example, the 3 footnotes are reduced to just short ref-name tags at first, then later expanded to show more details. However, they defer the extreme details for publisher, ISBN, and webpage-URL links to be contained as entries under "External links". Using that advanced method, no publisher names, ISBN numbers or long URL names appear in the upper article text for those 3 footnotes.