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{{nutshell|[[#Remote footnotes|Remote footnotes]] can be added for pronunciations or examples. Footnotes can be [[#Indenting and line-splitting|indented, line-split]] & shortened by [[#Deferring details|deferring details]] into References or External links. Due to a WP quirk, the 1st footnote on a page might not indent properly. BewareNote websiteseach violatingwebsite copyrights,and butbeware LyricsTime.com[[wp:BLACKLIST]] is propersites.}}

The topic of '''advanced footnote formatting'''[[#Notes|^[essay]]] involves techniques for coding remote footnotes of pronunciations or examples, plus indentation and line-splitting. Many articles could use remote footnotes, such as explaining various ways some words are pronounced:

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Each full footnote is coded within 3 lines of text, even though indented and pinpointing the page numbers. The tedious details are all deferred into the section "External links" (or else "References") at the bottom of the article. That separation is possible by repeating the author name and title in each entry when listed in the bottom sections. So, full footnotes can become a 3-line indentation, rather than the typical 6 or 9-line blobs that clutter many articles.

==List website and beware wp:BLACKLIST sites==

==Beware linking websites that violate copyrights==

''13May March 20122018:'' A cite should show the website for an online source, such as with cite parameters "website=" or "via=" in the [[wp:CS1]] cite templates. In accordance with Wikipedia policy "[[WP:LINKVIO]]", an article should not have links to websites that post content violating any copyrights, such as listinga webpage which lists song lyrics without proper notice. However,For therebanned isspam awebsites, legal[[wp:BLACKLIST]] sourceexplains forother song lyricsrestrictions, LyricsTime.com,with whichspecific (forproblem 5websites years)coded hason hadwebpage no slow, pop[[MediaWiki:Spam-up advertsblacklist]], butwhich mightlists notover have7,000 somebanned particular songssites. See example:

:* http://www.lyricstime.com/michael-jackson-billie-jean-lyrics.html

That webpage, for the Michael Jackson song ''"[[Billie Jean]]"'', has a bottom [[disclaimer]]:

: "DISCLAIMER: You must agree to the following statement or leave this website. All '''Michael Jackson - Billie Jean''' lyrics, artist names and images are copyrighted to their respective owners. All ''Michael Jackson - Billie Jean'' song lyrics are restricted for educational and personal use only." [bold type from original]

That [[disclaimer]] seems to sufficiently cover the copyright concerns, and plus having no sluggish pop-up ads (for over 5 years), it should be considered an acceptable, linkable source for text that describes or analyzes song lyrics.

==Recap of multi-level footnotes==