Wikipedia:WikiProject Kent/Citing sources
:For more detailed information on citing sources see Wikipedia:Citing sources
The [citation needed] marker was placed in the article to request further details of the source of a fact or quote.
- To provide a reference add the following at the end of the point requiring citation
eg
- At the end of the article it will need
References
{{subst:footnotes}}
placed after all paragraphs but before any Category links
if the same ref name is used again the reference will have the same number but be named abc etc
to just add a foot note, leave the [link] out, just insert text.
Example
Section
The article will look like this.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Kent The Kent Portal]
If an article is cited
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kent WikiProject Kent]
The Kent Project
With a second citation from the same source
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kent WikiProject Kent]
The Kent Project using an identical reference tag
References
{{subst:footnotes}}
it would appear as -
Section
The article will then look like this.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Kent The Kent Portal]
If an article is cited[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kent WikiProject Kent] The Kent Project
With a second citation from the same source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kent WikiProject Kent] The Kent Project using an identical reference tag