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As you can see, the reference given between the <tt><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></tt> text is automatically placed wherever <tt><nowiki><references/></nowiki></tt> is put in the text. This allows you to keep the overview of where you have put your sources. You do not have to care about the links that are provided to the footnote, they are automatically created by the system. | As you can see, the reference given between the <tt><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></tt> text is automatically placed wherever <tt><nowiki><references/></nowiki></tt> is put in the text. This allows you to keep the overview of where you have put your sources. You do not have to care about the links that are provided to the footnote, they are automatically created by the system. Additionally, readers can hover over the footnote to see a popup showing the reference itself, without having to scroll the page. | ||
===Multiple citations of the same source=== | ===Multiple citations of the same source=== | ||
In long articles, you could come across the problem of needing to give the same source twice. To do this, you do not need to say the same things twice and add it to the References list two times, but can reuse your previous reference and give it again. For this, you need to give ''names'' to your references: | In long articles, you could come across the problem of needing to give the same source twice. To do this, you do not need to say the same things twice and add it to the References list two times, but can reuse your previous reference and give it again. For this, you need to give ''names'' to your references: | ||