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== Simple citations == | == Simple citations == | ||
The easiest way to format a citation, is using the classical HTML '''<nowiki><blockquote></nowiki>''' tags, like shown in the following example: | The easiest way to format a citation, is using the classical HTML '''<nowiki><blockquote></nowiki>''' tags, like shown in the following example: | ||
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== Citations using templates == | == Citations using templates == | ||
As the simple citation doesn't show any information about who said it when and where, we recommend using the '''[[:Template:Citation]]''' instead. Here is a simple example for how to use it: | |||
As the simple citation doesn't show any information about who said it when and where, we recommend using the '''[[:Template:Citation]]''' instead. | |||
=== Template (simple) === | |||
Here is a simple example for how to use it: | |||
<pre>{{Citation |Text=This is a short quote of a wonderful sentence read somewhere in some book. |Author=John Doe}}</pre> | <pre>{{Citation |Text=This is a short quote of a wonderful sentence read somewhere in some book. |Author=John Doe}}</pre> | ||
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'''Note:''' You see that the quoted text is nicely bracketed with large quotation marks and the author's name is shown below in capitals. This formatting is done in the template and identical for all usages of this template in all articles. (Therefore we always recommend using templates.) | '''Note:''' You see that the quoted text is nicely bracketed with large quotation marks and the author's name is shown below in capitals. This formatting is done in the template and identical for all usages of this template in all articles. (Therefore we always recommend using templates.) | ||
=== Template (advanced) === | |||
A more complex example: | A more complex example: | ||
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|ref=<ref>[http://www.somedomain.com Some website]</ref> | |ref=<ref>[http://www.somedomain.com Some website]</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
=== Template (complex) === | |||
Here is a most complex example which also shows that templates can be used in templates: | Here is a most complex example which also shows that templates can be used in templates: | ||