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<div style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt;"><br />'''[[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Referencing]] is key to making Wikipedia reliable and trustworthy.'''<br /><br /></div><br />
{| style="margin: 1em auto;"<br />
|+ When working with references:<br />
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! style="background:#efefef;" | <span style="font-size:x-large;">DO:</span><br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Use '''[[WP:INCITE|inline citations]]''' ('''[[Help:Footnotes|footnotes]]''' or '''[[Help:Shortened footnotes|shortened footnotes]]''').<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Keep citations '''[[WP:INTEGRITY|near the material]]''' they support, e.g. after the sentence.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Say '''[[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Identifying parts of a source|where in the source]]''' the information came from.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Use a '''[[WP:CITESTYLE|consistent reference style]]''' within each article.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Consider using '''[[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]]''' to create a consistent style.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Tag '''[[Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Dealing_with_unsourced_material|under-sourced material]]''' with an appropriate [[Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Inline with article text 6|'''inline tag''']].<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Green_check.png]] Tag '''under-sourced articles''' with an appropriate [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Individual message boxes|'''header''']].<br />
|}<br />
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! style="background:#efefef;" | <span style="font-size:x-large;">DON'T:</span><br />
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' rely on '''[[WP:RS|unreliable sources]]'''.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' cite a source you '''[[WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT|haven't seen for yourself]]'''.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' add material that's '''[[WP:INTEGRITY|not supported]]''' by sources.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' '''[[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Avoid embedded links|place external links]]''' in the body of articles.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' add references for '''[[WP:BLUE|obvious information]]'''.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' use '''[[WP:CITESTYLE|all-numeric date formats]]''' other than YYYY-MM-DD.<br />
|- style="padding: 4px;"<br />
| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' change an '''[[WP:CITEVAR|established reference style]]''' without consensus.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Help:Referencing for beginners]]<br />
**[[Help:Referencing for beginners without using templates]]<br />
**[[Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates]]<br />
** [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Editing_references|Editing references in VisualEditor]]<br />
*[[Help:Introduction to referencing]]<br />
* [[Help:References and page numbers]]<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]]<br />
**[[Help:Citation bundling]]<br />
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