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[To try out formatting, source editing, wording, etc., and keeps some samples ot the same ... ]

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Example of sfn citation with URL link in it -- method per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Sfn#Adding_a_URL_for_the_page_or_location -- Bahá’í scriptures aver manmade notions have been root causes of the sectarian divisions and violence, dogmas and superstitious beliefs, and meaningless rituals that have until now plagued most religions.

Test of image caption that is CENTERED & with note having a ref citation (to work, wikitext must specify at least "image1" & "caption1"). Without using the "multiple image" wikitext, seems no way to CENTER the caption text when note is added to it -- as shown in 3rd image example below. 1st wikitext below is taking out all parameters that leave it working; 2nd is leaving those parameters in while they don't affect outcome:

Test of block layout of images, and formating & header+footer captions:

encouragement of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Bahá’u'lláh's son

Size claim of the Bahá'í Faith in Iran:

Junior youth programs feature common elements to empower participants, indicated in these website descriptions of a few geographically diverse examples in Estonia; Lucknow, India; and the Triangle Region, NC (USA).

==> Below is example of ref. with 2 url links -- one for chapter & one for book:



















Baháʼu'lláh (born Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí; Persian: میرزا حسین‌علی نوری‎ ; 1817–1892) was the prophet-founder of the Baháʼí Faith.

Baháʼu'lláh was born in Tehran, Iran on 12 November 1817. Baháʼí authors trace his ancestry to Abraham through both his wives Keturah and Sarah, to the prophet Zoroaster, to King David's father Jesse, and to Yazdigird III, the last king of the Sassanian Empire.

> Working with sympathetic like-minded, per British Library article by Peter Smith:

Bahá’ís number in the millions. Ref. reworded info for "Bahá'í Faith in Iran" article, to add re growth of Faith globally

Baháʼu'lláh's faith is the only independent world religion to emerge in the modern age.

test: This line will be centered. And so will this line.

test for inserting an image & using the newer template syntax of double-brackets:center for centering a caption: here's an example:

> Ref. test0: Using the "Cite thesis" template, here is a sample citation from it:

> Ref. test1:

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> Ref. test3: Arrival in the Ottoman Empire.

> Ref. test4: The Guardian re importance of emphasizing that Bábí and Bahá'í form one complete religious entity, and the reason...

> Ref. test4a: NOTE--in the preceding efn, since it quotes 2 paragraphs from the Guardian, I previously used " // " to indicate the 2nd para., (which traditionally, as in the Bible or othr archaic text, used a pilcrow [¶] at the beginning of the new para.) but found Wikitext will actually start a new indented line using these parameters — a single  or  tag & a {spaces|N|} tag combined together as a proper {br>spaces|5} placed just before the 2nd paragraph [for "proper" systax, see preceding efn]. See the ff for more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Line-break_handling#%3Cbr_/%3E_or_%3Cbr%3E re "Line-break handling" & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Spaces for "Spaces".

> Ref. test5: 2nd sfn here is sfnref  linking with Aqdas ¶ cited: > Ref. test5a: To target an HTML link to a specific page in a PDF file, add #page=[page number] to the end of the link's URL, as in this example: ...facilitate the discovery and implementation of practical measures that can provide solutions for every social problem facing the planet's peoples.

> Sample of reason for template removal: "Removed "Third-party|section|date=February 2021" template message from "Bahá'í response" section after resolving issue by adding numerous citations from verifiable & neutral sources to that section. Also added more neutral citations elsewhere in article."

> Ref. test5b: Per Template:Citation, the parameter access-date is ONLY used IF publication date unknown; it is NOT needed for published researh, books, or news articles with dates -- it is used to indicate when a link was last found working to support article text.

> Ref. test6: Soon after declaring his spiritual mission to Mullá Husayn, the Báb sent him to Tehran to deliver a special tablet to one whom God would guide him to. After learning about Baháʼu'lláh through an acquaintance, Mullá Husayn felt compelled to arrange for Baháʼu'lláh to receive the tablet—this news brought great joy to the Báb when Mullá Husayn wrote him about it. Bahá’u’lláh received the tablet when he was 27, he immediately acknowledged the truth of the Báb’s message and arose to share it with others.

> Ref. test7: samples of citing page(s) from a chapter & author in Stockman's book as 'sfn':. *Note for a hyphenated surname, alphabetize using the 1st-part of the surname treating it as one word without a hyphen: &  **Note that with this Todd Smith citation, since his last name is like Peter Smith's for work in the same year, then some disambigulation must be done to identifiy the different sources so the citation code works--this is done by adding a letter to the date--see these articles for more on this: Template:Sfn & Category:Harv and Sfn template errors. As of 2022 the Baháʼí World Centre estimates "about eight million" Bahá'ís reside in "well over 100,000 localities" worldwide. ***Note re how to cite Stockman as a chapter author in book he is also editor for!! I thought problem was citation doesn't see ref. source the way it's setup, but it was actually that I didn't realize I had a 2nd instance of Stockman's book in the reference sources; when I removed it this worked as it should, no need disambigulation of the year which I kept trying and it didn't work for just this first one reference & citation!! But after adding 2nd Stockman reference from book then disambigulation was needed, and works as usual!!

> Ref. test7a: Sample of an inline citation in a note using the 'harvnb' (all info outside brackets) or 'harvtxt' (only author outside brackets) template (note: use of this template without 'ref' parameters is deprecated as of Sept. 5, 2020:

> Ref. test8: Use of the 'authors' parameter. Per xxx, "authors: Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of last."

> Ref. test9: Citation form for Britannica article: & another similar: ... persecution there. & for the Báb

> Ref. test10: Special citing:

> Ref. test11: Example of citation which has multiple authors:

> Ref. test12: Info Matt asked be put i/o A.Marshall's ftnt#28 in the Baháʼí literature article; I created this note for it: -- but couldn't use it as article is too messed up, so to do this in timely manner need to just make it text with couple of citations, so this will be it (using existing lousey ref-formats): Considering the great scope and volume of Baháʼu'lláh's writings which Bahá'ís possess, it is interesting Baháʼu'lláh's amanuensis Mírzá Áqá Ján reported that on numerous occasions (especially while in Baghdad) Baháʼu'lláh expressly ordered that hundreds of thousands of his recorded verses be "obliterated and cast into the river" as Baháʼu'lláh felt people at that time were not yet ready for them. (Preceding ref. looks fine, but the ref. I had to actually use for this pg. was a lousey one per existing style on the 'Bahá'í literature' page because it was too much trouble to fix all kinds of stuff to use a good ref. format!)

> Ref. test13:

> Ref. test13a: Citation using 'ref-pair' i/o efn:

> Ref. test14: Creating the same format of an 'sfn' citation using a 'ref' wikitext:

> Ref. test14a: Example of an 'efn' note with 'sfn' ref. that also includes an additional direct url link to the text!

> Ref. test14b: Example of the 'loc=' paramater which allows use of many other locations in a ref. (such as § & ¶ & scenes and verses, etc.) [!!] instead of usual page indicator (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:References_and_page_numbers & esp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Sfn#Adding_a_URL_for_the_page_or_location): ... From the first of two Tablets to The Hague which ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote in response to a letter from the Central Organisation for Durable Peace in The Hague, Netherlands. and “With the utmost joy and gladness, serve ye the human world, and love ye the human race.”...

> Ref. test14c: Example of an 'sfnRef' note with that allows assigning any shortened name to a reference, as in the following: ‘For anyone working as a homemaker it is worth nothing Bahá’ís consider homemaking a “highly honorable and responsible work of fundamental importance to society.”’

> Ref. test15: Its virtues.

> Ref. test16: Bahá’ís believe Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant is the distinguishing feature of his Faith that preserves its unity and protects it from breaking into sects, as happened in older world religions after the passing of their founders. To this day the Bahá’í Faith remains undivided.

> Ref. test17: Nested refs examples... A subnote may appear in the same list as the footnote in which it is nested, although the subnote will appear above the main note referring to it. A worikaround so the doubly nested subnote within the footnote will display correctly is to use the parameter efn-lg (lg=lower greek) and get the nested item to display in a "subnote" area under notes using the notelist-lg parameter -- as I've now setup on this page under "Notes". Here is an example showing this:

> Ref. test18: Reference citing from "The Bahá’ís" magazine: Bahá’í Houses of Worship

> Ref. test19: More nested refs examples... Bahá’ís hold that several factors particularly inspire and prepare those who desire to contribute to the great goal of positive societal transformation, these include: Comprehending life’s purposes; understanding how religion should benefit humanity; developing a service ethic; and engaging with like-minded souls to implement consensus-based actions to improve individual lives and the commonweal.

In Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings God is seen as having created human souls as noble entities capable of both knowing their Creator exists and being able to reflect Its virtues. Humans are understood to pass through this material plane of existence for two fundamental purposes. The first is so each soul develops its God-given potential qualities in preparation for the next stage of its existence in eternal spiritual realms hereafter—Bahá’ís believe such development occurs in this life through experiences and interactions with others which challenge a person to grow spiritually. The second purpose relates to every person’s responsibility, as a member of the human race, to collectively participate in carrying forward “an ever-advancing civilization” in harmony with God’s will.

In considering life’s purposes the topic of religion commonly arises. No scholarly consensus exists regarding what constitutes a religion; and personal notions of what it encompasses vary widely by culture, and differ considerably amongst individuals based on their own traditions, sectarian beliefs, or religious upbringing or lack thereof. Yet, whatever an individual understands religion to be, Bahá’ís hold that understanding it in relation to the Bahá’í Faith requires thinking “differently about religion”—for its scope encompasses much more than what is normally understood by the term. In the scriptures, theology, and personal ethics of the Bahá’í Faith teachings exist on subjects such as social ethics, race issues, feminist matters, economics, global government and legal affairs. “Indeed it could be said that there are few areas of human life, at the individual, social or global levels, about which the Bahá’í Faith does not have something to say.” Generally, Bahá’í teachings in these topics are not specific policies or detailed rules, but spiritual principles intended as guides for followers to use in related situations. Bahá’í writings also speak to numerous facets of religion’s purpose, its relationship to individuals and society, and “its role in personal spiritual development and in the creation of justice, peace, unity, and order among people”.

Bahá’ís view pure religion as loving guidance from the Creator to assist every aspect of a person’s life, and believe teachings of any manifestation of God are always in tune with exigencies of the period for which they were revealed. For Bahá’ís religious ‘faith’ is specifically comprised of two inseparable components: “conscious knowledge” of the spiritual foundations of what one believes (in contrast to ‘blindly imitating’ ancestors or religious leaders), and then living those beliefs through “the practice of good deeds”—“Let deeds, not words, be your adorning”, Bahá’u'lláh urges. Bahá’u’lláh further states no person’s faith can be conditioned by anyone else, and that religious beliefs must be the fruit of personal investigation of spiritual realities related to awareness of God’s existence. He also teaches the importance of recognizing the most recent manifestation sent by God to this world, and finding ways to meaningfully live by his teachings while on earth.

> NEW! Ref-test#1 for Bahaipedia: https://bahaipedia.org/The_Báb: *Wasn't able to edit, so made not in the "Discussion"--https://bahaipedia.org/Talk:The_B%C3%A1b

> For Wiki article on the Báb, use this note:

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> Sample of wikicode & possible entries for See also & External links sections: