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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. Note each website and beware [[wp:BLACKLIST]] sites.}}

The topic of '''advanced footnote formatting'''<sup>[[#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:

::The term "time dilation"<sup>[[#Notes|^{[p] ]]}]] refers to a slowing of elapsed duration.

::'''Notes'''<br><span style="font-size:89%">&nbsp; &nbsp;<small>[p]</small> – The word ''dilation'' is pronounced "dy-LAY-shun" and is the preferred term.</span>

The superscript <small>"[p]"</small> can be coded by just the short wikilink: <nowiki><sup>[[#Notes|^[p]&nbsp;]]]]</nowiki>. The full, detailed content of that footnote text is not in the upper text of the article but, instead, is coded within the section named "Notes" (or "References"). See below: [[#Remote footnotes|Remote footnotes]] & [[#Footnotes within footnotes|Footnotes within footnotes]].

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Also, indentation and line-splitting can be used, such as for long URL webpage names, when coding footnotes in an article. For example:

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==Remote footnotes==

Many terms could use a remote footnote, not cluttering the upper text of page, such as for explaining pronunciations or showing some detailed examples:

::The term "time dilation"<sup>[[#Notes|^[p]&nbsp;]]]] refers to a slowing of elapsed duration.

::<div style="font-size:89%">'''Notes'''<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;<small>[p]</small> – ''Dilation'' is pronounced "dy-LAY-shun".</div>

Note that in the pronunciation footnote [p], the word "time" is considered obvious, and the syllables for "dy-LAY-shun" are shown with capital letters for emphasis, but there is also ample space to show the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]-format within the same footnote as well.

The footnote's superscript <small>"[p]"</small> can be coded by just a short wikilink: <nowiki><sup>[[#Notes|^[p]&nbsp;]]]]</nowiki>. The full, detailed content of that footnote text is not at the top of the article but, instead, is coded within the section named "Notes", thus shifting all that text into the Notes section, and deferring details away from the main text of an article. The ''Notes'' section could be coded as:

<source lang="html">

==Notes==

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An example (of footnotes within footnotes) would be:

::The term "time dilation"<sup>[[#Notes|^{[p] ]]}]] refers to a slowing of elapsed duration.

::<div style="font-size:89%">'''Notes'''<!--

--><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;<small>[p]</small> – The word ''dilation'' is pronounced "dy-LAY-shun" [[#Notes|^[a]]] and is the preferred term.[[#Notes|^[b]]]<!--

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:* The fact is not so simple: September 11th is often the 12th in some specific later time zone, and could be noted.

:* Opinions differ: perhaps explain how the [[Hatfields and McCoys]] stated different views of events.

:* A pronunciation differs with local residents or slang, such as [[New Orleans|NOLA]] spoken as ''"[[Nawlins]]"'' or ''"New Orluns"'' or ''"New Orleens"'' (etc.), so a foonotefootnote could list them, plus link further footnote sources for each.

There is no limit to the nesting of remote footnotes within other footnotes.