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Inline citations are usually small, numbered references that look like this.[1] They are generally added either immediately following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support. When clicked, they take the reader to a citation in a reference section near the bottom of the article.

While editing a page that uses the most common footnote style, you will see inline citations displayed between <ref>...</ref> tags.

If you are creating a new page, or adding references to a page that didn't previously have any, remember to add a references section like the one below near the end of the article:

==References==
{{reflist}}

Information Note that this is by far the most popular way to use inline citations, but sometimes you will find other styles being used in an article. This is acceptable, and you shouldn't change it or mix styles. To add a new reference, just copy and modify an existing one.

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  1. ↑ Wales, Jimmy (2026). What is an inline citation?. Wikipublisher. p. 6.


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