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This page compares two systems that are currently used (<a href="#Footnotes">Footnotes</a> and <a href="#Shortened_footnotes">Shortened footnotes</a>) and two older systems that are deprecated and no longer used for new articles (<a href="#Footnote3">Footnote3</a> and <a href="#Parenthetical_referencing">Parenthetical referencing</a>). </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Systems_currently_used"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Systems currently used</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Shortened_footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Shortened footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Older_deprecated_systems"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Older deprecated systems</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Footnote3"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Footnote3</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Parenthetical_referencing"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Parenthetical referencing</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Systems_currently_used" data-mw-thread-id="h-Systems_currently_used"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Systems_currently_used"></span>Systems currently used<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Systems_currently_used"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Overview_of_referencing_styles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Systems currently used" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Footnotes-Systems_currently_used"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Footnotes-Systems_currently_used"></span>Footnotes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Footnotes-Systems_currently_used"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Overview_of_referencing_styles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Footnotes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes">Help:Footnotes</a></div> <p>Wikipedia footnotes are a specific method of creating in-text cites and reference lists using the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Cite">Cite</a> software extension. This should not be confused with the concept of footnotes in general. </p><p>The in-text cite is placed in the content, usually after punctuation, and is created by enclosing the citation or note within <code class="nowrap" style=""><ref>...</ref></code> tags. Each in-text cite is formatted as a superscripted alphanumeric character called the cite label and is enclosed by brackets; example:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1255586131">.mw-parser-output .fakelinks{color:var(--color-progressive,#0645ad);cursor:default}.mw-parser-output .fakelinks:hover{color:var(--color-progressive--hover,#0645ad)}</style><sup class="reference nowrap ltr fakelinks">[1]</sup>. The cite label has an HTML link to the full citation in the reference list. In-text cites are automatically ordered by the cite label starting from the first use on a page. The cite labels default to decimal but can be styled as alphabetic, Roman or Greek. 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Example: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">This is an in-text cite.<ref>citation</ref> ==References== <references /> </pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>This is an in-text cite.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span 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note that an in-text cite such as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1255586131"><sup class="reference nowrap ltr fakelinks">[1]</sup> links to the shortened citation in the Notes list, which in turn links to the long citation in the References list: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">The brontosaurus is thin at one end.{{sfn|Elk|1972|p=5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972|p=6}} The Norwegian blue parrot will not move if its feet are nailed to the perch.{{sfn|Praline|1969|p=12}} Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians.{{sfn|Praline|1969|p=16}} ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972 }} *{{cite book |last=Praline |first=Eric |title=[[Dead Parrot sketch]] |date=December 7, 1969 }} {{refend}}</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>The brontosaurus is thin at one end.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElk19725_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElk19725-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElk19726_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElk19726-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Norwegian blue parrot will not move if its feet are nailed to the perch.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPraline196912_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPraline196912-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its metabolic processes are a matter of interest only to historians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPraline196916_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPraline196916-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236298596"><div class="fake-heading h3">Notes</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#CITEREFElk1972">Elk 1972</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEElk19726-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElk19726_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFElk1972">Elk 1972</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPraline196912-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPraline196912_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPraline1969">Praline 1969</a>, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPraline196916-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPraline196916_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPraline1969">Praline 1969</a>, p. 16.</span> </li> </ol></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236298596"><div class="fake-heading h3">References</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFElk1972" class="citation book cs1">Elk, Anne (November 16, 1972). <i><a 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New articles should not be created with it. Although it appears similar to the Footnotes system, it uses the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Ref" title="Template:Ref">ref</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Note" title="Template:Note">note</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates. </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.{{ref|1}} The Moon, however, is not so big.{{ref|2}} ==Notes== # {{note|1}} Miller, E: "The Sun.", page 23. Academic Press, 2005 # {{note|2}} Smith, R: "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46(78):46</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Overview_of_referencing_styles#endnote_1">[1]</a></sup> The Moon, however, is not so big.<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Overview_of_referencing_styles#endnote_2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236298596"><div class="fake-heading h3">Notes</div> <ol><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^</a></b></span> Miller, E: "The Sun.", page 23. Academic Press, 2005</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^</a></b></span> Smith, R: "Size of the Moon", <i>Scientific American</i>, 46(78):46</li></ol> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Comparison of Footnote3 and Cite.php Footnote </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Footnote3</th> <th>Cite.php </th></tr> <tr> <td>Use</td> <td>Deprecated for standard footnotes<sup id="cite_ref-footnote3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-footnote3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Standard<sup id="cite_ref-footnote_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-footnote-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Number style</td> <td>User applied, free style: can use numbers, alpha, Greek, etc.</td> <td>Automatic with several styles<sup id="cite_ref-citelabel_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citelabel-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reference list order</td> <td>Manual</td> <td>Automatic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nesting</td> <td>Can nest <code class="nowrap" style=""><ref>...</ref></code> and other templates</td> <td>Nesting with limitations<sup id="cite_ref-refnest_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-refnest-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reuse</td> <td>Yes, but creates duplicate HTML ids<sup id="cite_ref-htmlid_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-htmlid-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Yes, unique HTML ids<sup id="cite_ref-citebacklinks_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citebacklinks-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Error checking</td> <td>No<sup id="cite_ref-referror_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-referror-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Yes<sup id="cite_ref-citeerror_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citeerror-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Markup</td> <td>Fairly terse</td> <td>Can be a bit long, especially when using groups </td></tr> <tr> <td>Preview testing</td> <td>Clicking on a <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Ref" title="Template:Ref">ref</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> link while previewing an edit will cause the page to reload and changes to be lost</td> <td>No issues </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parenthetical_referencing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Parenthetical_referencing-Older_deprecated_systems"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Parenthetical_referencing-Older_deprecated_systems"></span>Parenthetical referencing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Parenthetical_referencing-Older_deprecated_systems"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Overview_of_referencing_styles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parenthetical referencing" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Parenthetical_referencing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing">Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Parenthetical_referencing" title="Parenthetical referencing">Parenthetical referencing</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Citation" title="Citation">citation</a> system in which citations are added within sentences using <a href="/wiki/Brackets" class="mw-redirect" title="Brackets">brackets</a> (parentheses). An example would be "Paris is the capital of France (Smith 2020, p. 1)". Full citations are collected in footnotes or endnotes, or in alphabetical order by author's last name, under a "references", "bibliography", or "works cited" heading at the end of the text. </p><p>This style of citation was a type of referencing used on Wikipedia until September 2020, when a <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/976895063#Deprecate_parenthetical_citations" title="Special:PermanentLink/976895063">community discussion</a> reached a consensus to <a href="/wiki/Deprecation" title="Deprecation">deprecate</a> this format of citation. 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