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This page explains very briefly how to create numbered footnotes and references using the '''<nowiki><ref> ... </ref></nowiki>''' and '''<nowiki><references/></nowiki>''' syntax, which is the current best-practice method in most circumstances. See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for more detail. | This page explains very briefly how to create numbered footnotes and references using the '''<nowiki><ref> ... </ref></nowiki>''' and '''<nowiki><references/></nowiki>''' syntax, which is the current best-practice method in most circumstances. See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for more detail. | ||
An older method, using '''<nowiki>{{ref}}</nowiki>''' and '''<nowiki>{{note}}</nowiki>''' templates is explained at [[Wikipedia:Footnote3]]. Apart from Harvard references, this method is obsolete. See [[Wikipedia:Embedded citations]] for a third approach. | An older method, using '''<nowiki>{{ref}}</nowiki>''' and '''<nowiki>{{note}}</nowiki>''' templates, is explained at [[Wikipedia:Footnote3]]. Apart from Harvard references, this method is obsolete. See [[Wikipedia:Embedded citations]] for a third approach. | ||
===Single citation of a reference or footnote=== | ===Single citation of a reference or footnote=== | ||