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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.}} | + | {{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.}} | + | {{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. |