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If you've read many Wikipedia articles, then you've seen plenty of inline citations. These are usually small numbered footnotes like this,<ref>{{cite book|last=Wales|first=J|title=What is an inline citation?|year=2012|publisher=Wikipublisher|pages=6}}</ref>, although [[Wikipedia:Inline citations|sometimes other styles]] are sometimes used]]. They are generally added either directly following the fact they support, or at the end of the sentence they support, following any punctuation. When clicked, they take the reader to a full source in a reference section of the article.

:''Note: This is by far the most popular system for inline citations, but sometimes you will find other forms being used in an article, such as references in parentheses. As a general rule, [[WP:CITEVAR|the first major contributor to an article gets to [[WP:CITEVAR|choose the referencing system]] used there]]. If an article uses a different system than the one you're used to, just copy an existing reference when adding any new reference, then modify it appropriately; don't mix styles.''