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===Creating footnotes===
 
===Creating footnotes===
 
When editing an article, footnotes are created with the help of the reference ("ref") tag:
 
When editing an article, footnotes are created with the help of the reference ("ref") tag:
{{QuoteBox|Article text.'''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>'''Footnote text'''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>''' More article text.}}
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{{QuoteBox|Article text.'''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>'''Footnote text'''<nowiki></ref></nowiki>''' More article text.}}
 
In the article, the above would look like this:
 
In the article, the above would look like this:
 
:Article text.<sup class="reference">[[#|[1]]]</sup> More article text.
 
:Article text.<sup class="reference">[[#|[1]]]</sup> More article text.
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===Using a footnote more than once===
 
===Using a footnote more than once===
 
If you need to cite the same source more than once in an article, you can of course create a standard footnote each time. However, it saves space and work to use reference names:
 
If you need to cite the same source more than once in an article, you can of course create a standard footnote each time. However, it saves space and work to use reference names:
{{QuoteBox|Article text.'''<nowiki><ref name="MyFirstRef"></nowiki>'''Footnote text'''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>''' More article text.'''<nowiki><ref name="MyFirstRef"/></nowiki>''' Even more article text.}}
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{{QuoteBox|Article text.'''<nowiki><ref name="MyFirstRef"></nowiki>'''Footnote text'''<nowiki></ref></nowiki>''' More article text.'''<nowiki><ref name="MyFirstRef"/></nowiki>''' Even more article text.}}
 
Doing so would create two footnote marks with the same number, pointing at the same footnote:
 
Doing so would create two footnote marks with the same number, pointing at the same footnote:
 
:Article text.<sup class="reference">[[#|[1]]]</sup> More article text.<sup class="reference">[[#|[1]]]</sup> Even more article text.
 
:Article text.<sup class="reference">[[#|[1]]]</sup> More article text.<sup class="reference">[[#|[1]]]</sup> Even more article text.
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