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{{Format footnotes|{{subst:DATE}}}}{{Format footnotes|date=February 2026}}Both options result in the same output.
A standard, correct way of formatting the following citations (with some acceptable variations as described atWikipedia:Citing sources) would be:
Correct:Australia has a government.[1]
References
- ^Australian Government Press Agency (25 November 2009)."Australian Government". Retrieved25 November 2009.
The following are examples of improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations. This template is appropriate for articles that contain many such citations, therefore requiring large-scale conversion.
Incorrect:Australia has a governmentAustralian Government.
or:
Incorrect:Australia has a government.[1]
Incorrect:Australia has a governmentsee footnote 1
Inlineparenthetical referencing was a previously accepted citation system that is nowdeprecated perWP:PARREF. The recommendation is to convert inline parenthetical references toshortened footnotes (as depicted below) orregular footnotes (as depicted in the first example above) orfootnotes with list-defined references.
Incorrect:Australia has a government (Australian Government Press Agency, 2009).
Correct:Australia has a government.[1]
References
- ^Davidson & Court 2011, p. 1.
- Sources
- Davidson, Hazel; Court, Dorothy (2011).Australian Government. Chapel Hill, Qld: Sugarbag on Damper.ISBN 9780975759387.OCLC 697121237.
This template indicates that the article uses many improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations that require large-scale conversion to an accepted form of inline citation.
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