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''' | '''Cite''' makes it possible to add footnotes to a page. | ||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
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The basic concept of the <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> tag is that it inserts the text enclosed by the ref tags as a footnote in a designated section, which you indicate with the placeholder tag <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. | The basic concept of the <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> tag is that it inserts the text enclosed by the ref tags as a footnote in a designated section, which you indicate with the placeholder tag <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. | ||
Additional placeholder tags <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> can be inserted in the text, and all <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> tags up to that point, in that group, will be inserted there. | |||
If you forget to include <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> in the article, the footnotes will not disappear, but the references will be displayed at the end of the page. | |||
This page itself uses footnotes, such as the one at the end of this sentence.<ref group="note">This footnote is used as an example in the "Usage" section.</ref> If you view the source of this page by clicking "Edit this page", you can see a working example of footnotes. | |||
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[[Category:Help|Cite]] | [[Category:Help|Cite]] | ||
