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Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from the same source.<ref name="multiple" /> Any reused tag should not contain extra content, that will spawn an error. Only use empty tags in this role.
Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from the same source.<ref name="multiple" /> Any reused tag should not contain extra content, that will spawn an error. Only use empty tags in this role.


A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<ref name="multiple" />
A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end like this < />. These are also known as "self closing" tags. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<ref name="multiple" />


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References: <references />

Revision as of 11:38, 24 July 2019

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Link internally: President’s_Living_Documents

open the President’s_Living_Documents page

Special Links and Piping: Open A Random Page

I. MEETINGS#I.B. DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

This Page Does Not Exist and This Link Will Be Red, If You Click on the Link You Can Begin Creating the Page

https://www.wikipedia.org [1] Wikipedia

This sentence has reference to google's website with another name.[1].

You can also reference plain text like this.[2]

You can even reference a page of this wiki like this.[3]

This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.[4]

Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from the same source.[4] Any reused tag should not contain extra content, that will spawn an error. Only use empty tags in this role.

A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end like this < />. These are also known as "self closing" tags. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.[4]

References:

  1. https://www.google.com
  2. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print
  3. President’s_Living_Documents
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.