Template:Format footnotes/doc

When to use
This template indicates that the article uses many improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations that require large-scale conversion to an accepted form of inline citation.

How to use
To add this template to an article, copy and paste:
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Both options result in the same output.


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In-line reference using ref tags (correct)
A standard, correct way of formatting the following citations (with some acceptable variations as described at Citing sources) would be:



The following are examples of improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations. This template is appropriate for articles that contain many such citations, therefore requiring large-scale conversion.

Embedded link (incorrect)
": Australia has a government Australian Government."

or:

": Australia has a government."

Manual number (incorrect)
": Australia has a governmentsee footnote 1"

Inline parenthetical reference (incorrect)
Inline parenthetical referencing was a previously accepted citation system that is now deprecated per WP:PARREF. The recommendation is to convert inline parenthetical references to shortened footnotes (as depicted below) or regular footnotes (as depicted in the first example above) or footnotes with list-defined references.

": Australia has a government (Australian Government Press Agency, 2009)." : Australia has a government.


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