This will result in an error for all the other footnotes depending on it. When deleting content with footnotes, make sure you do not delete the named citation, which holds all the reference information. For legibility, putting the full footnote first is recommended.įor subsequent identical references, use a self-closing empty ref tag that looks like this. Only the first occurrence of text in a named reference will be used, although that occurrence may be located anywhere in the article. Note: the name cannot be a number, or it will return an error. You can then refer to the same footnote again by using a ref tag with the same name. In source editing, to give a footnote a unique identifier, use footnote text. Although, the re-use option is available anyway and VisualEditor will automatically assign it an identifier if needed.
On VisualEditor, the citation dialog box has an option to add an existing identifier, so the same reference can be re-used. The toolbar on the editor (both on VisualEditor source mode and the 2010 source editor) also contains a button to help manage references more easily.Ī specific reference citation can have a "name" or "identifier", allowing referencing the same footnote more than once. This will create a numbered listing of your footnotes (see at the bottom). The cite feature allows you to add footnotes and references to articles, like this.Like this!Īt the end of the page create a section titled "references", "footnotes", "citations", etc. In source mode, the first sentence on this page would look like this: To create a footnote or reference while editing in source mode, simply place your text inside tags.
Place the cursor on the desired location, click on the "Insert" dropdown and choose "References list". In addition, there is a need to insert the actual references list on the page (anyway below all the references, but typically it will be at the bottom, under a section titled "References" or something similar). Clicking on it opens a dropdown which offers adding a basic citation reference or reusing one that was previously inserted. On the toolbar, there is a button with an open book icon.
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