Wikipedia:References dos and don'ts

DO:

Useinline citations (footnotes orshortened footnotes).

Keep citationsnear the material they support, e.g. after the sentence.

Saywhere in the source the information came from.

Use aconsistent reference style within each article.

Consider usingcitation templates to create a consistent style.

Tagunder-sourced material with an appropriateinline tag.

Tagunder-sourced articles with an appropriateheader.

DON'T:

Don't rely onunreliable sources.

Don't cite a source youhaven't seen for yourself.

Don't add material that'snot supported by sources.

Don'tplace external links in the body of articles.

Don't add references forobvious information.

Don't useall-numeric date formats other than YYYY-MM-DD.

Don't change anestablished reference style without consensus.

v t e Wikipedia referencing
Policies and guidelines	Verifiability No original research Biographies of living persons Reliable sources Medicine Citing sources Scientific citations
General advice	Citation needed Combining sources Offline sources Referencing styles
Citing sources	Citation Style 1 Citation Style 2 Bluebook Comics Citation templates
Inline citations	Footnotes Punctuation and footnotes Shortened footnotes Nesting footnotes
Help for beginners	Reference-tags Citations quick reference Introduction to referencing Referencing with citation templates Referencing without using templates Referencing dos and don'ts Citing Wikipedia
Advanced help	Cite link labels Cite errors Citation merging (bundling) Cite messages Converting between references formats Reference display customization References and page numbers Guidance on source reviewing at FAC Cite extension documentation
Footnote templates	Citation Style documentation Multiple references {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}}
Find references	How to find sources Bibliographies Wikipedia Library Resource Exchange Reference Desk Book Sources Free newspaper sources
Citation tools (External links)	Citer Biomedical cite Citation bot MakeRef Refill WayBack OABot

v t e Wikipedia dos and don'ts
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