Commontary:Citations

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Cite your sources!

The Cite extension is installed on Commontary.

For detailed info on how to make citations, including using the same source multiple times in the same article, please go here .


Here's a brief example of how to make a citation:

Example

According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref>
The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref>R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>

==Citations==
<references/>


The <ref>...</ref> tags create a citation.

The <references/> tag lists the sources.


Working version of example

According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.[1] The Moon, however, is not so big.[2]


References

  1. E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.
  2. R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.
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