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'''Note that the use of these templates is not required.'''

UseTo ofuse these templates is manual:, authors shouldmay cutcopy-and-paste the desired template into their text, and erase fields they do not need. Or, Rememberauthors may create references by using the <nowiki>{{double curly braces}}</nowiki> to start and end each reference, and a vertical bar between fields. Introductory ("Beginner" and "Tutorial") pages such as the CITING SOURCES tab in the [[Wikipedia:Tutorial]] page do not necessarily cover templates. Another template which covers all these uses may be found at [[Template:Citation|Citation]].

If you are using the inline reference citation style in your article (using <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags to create footnotes), then these templates would go inside the <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags as follows: