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[[File:WP-Footnotes illustration.jpg|thumb|right|400px|How a footnote is created in the editable text of a page. (Click to see more detail.)]] | [[File:WP-Footnotes illustration.jpg|thumb|right|400px|How a footnote is created in the editable text of a page. (Click to see more detail.)]] | ||
This page explains how to create '''footnotes''' when editing an article. Footnotes appear 'automatically' in a numbered list at the end of an article when you use small pieces of code: <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>,<code><nowiki></ref></nowiki></code>, and <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> | This page explains how to create '''footnotes''' when editing an article. Footnotes appear 'automatically' in a numbered list at the end of an article when you use 2 small pieces of code in the text: <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, <code><nowiki></ref></nowiki></code>, and <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> at the end of the article where the footnote-list has to appear. Such a piece of coding is called a 'tag'. | ||
The most common use of footnotes in Wikipedia articles is to provide '''references''' ([[WP:CITE#Inline_citations|inline citations]]), although footnotes can also be used for other purposes. | The most common use of footnotes in Wikipedia articles is to provide '''references''' ([[WP:CITE#Inline_citations|inline citations]]), although footnotes can also be used for other purposes. | ||