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 == Sourcing ==
-There are two approaches to sourcing, depending on the complexity of the author’s citations. If the article has just a handful of sources, you might just include them in the body of the article and will just use a “Citations” section at the end of the document. If there are many sources, say over-ten, you should have a “Citations” section and a “Works Cited” section and use the shortened footnotes approach.
+There are two approaches to sourcing, depending on the complexity of the author’s citations. If the article has just a handful of sources that are cited sparingly, you might just include them in the body of the article and just use a “Citations” section at the end of the document. If there are '''many sources''' that are '''cited multiple times''', you should have a “Citations” section and a “Works Cited” section and use the '''shortened footnotes''' approach. Most stiles will use the latter approach.
+=== Works Cited ===
+A list of works cited should be the last section in the document. It is sorted alphabetically by author’s last name and uses [[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]]. This is easier for two reasons: (1) you only need to list the reference '''once''' in the article, and (2) it cleans up your body text of much of the confusing code. This section is created like this:
+<blockquote>
+<code><nowiki>==Works Cited==</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>{{Refbegin}}</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>* {{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>* {{cite journal |last= |first= |title= |url= |journal= |volume= |issue= |date= |pages= |access-date= |ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>* {{cite magazine |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |magazine= |pages= |access-date= |ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>* {{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |work= |location= |access-date= |ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>* {{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |ref=harv }}</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>{{Refend}}</nowiki></code><br />
+</blockquote>
+This might look a bit confusing, but I’ll go through it. The first line adds a new section to the article. All references should appear between <code><nowiki>{{Refbegin}}</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>{{Refend}}</nowiki></code> in a bulleted list (notice each reference is on its own line and begins with <code><nowiki>*</nowiki></code>.
+These codes are for the main types of references you will likely need (these links go to expanded instructions on Wikipedia): [[w:Template:Cite book|book]], [[w:Template:Cite journal|journal]], [[w:Template:Cite magazine|magazine]], [[w:Template:Cite news|news]], and [[w:Template:Cite web|web]].{{efn|All citation codes and explanation for the variables may be found on “[[w:Wikipedia:Citation templates|Citation Templates]].”}} Notice many of the codes contain similar elements, but one in particular '''must be used''' for our shortened footnotes technique to work: <code><nowiki>ref=harv</nowiki></code> — I usually put this at the end. This code for the [[w:Template:Harvard citation|Harvard citation]] and points a shortened footnote to the detailed bibliographic entry.
+Feel free to copy and paste these codes from above into your article.
+=== In-text Citations ===
+For in-text citations, what will usually appear as MLA-style parenthetical, we use [[w:Template:Sfn|shortened footnotes]] <code><nowiki>{{sfn}}</nowiki></code>. First, add a section where your citations will appear, just above your works cited section:
-=== Citations ===
+<blockquote>
+<code><nowiki>==Citations==</nowiki></code><br />
+<code><nowiki>{{Reflist}}</nowiki></code><br />
+</blockquote>
-=== Works Cited ===
+Here’s an example of the shortened footnote at work in the body of the article:
+<blockquote>
+<code><nowiki>This novella was first published in ''New Short Novels 2'', 1956.{{sfn|Lennon|2018|p=25}}</nowiki></code>
+</blockquote>
+This is a Wikipedia template. “Sfn” calls the template in the code; the author’s last name follows the first pipe (this must correspond with the name that follows <code><nowiki>|last=</nowiki></code> in the detailed citation in your works cited list); the year of the publication follows the next (exactly the same as <code><nowiki>|date=</nowiki></code> in the citation); and the page number(s) are put last. This will insert a footnote in the text; when a user clicks it, she is taken to the citation and if she clicks the citation, she is taken to the longer works cited entry. Try it on the example article I linked above. Simple and elegant.
+See the [[w:Template:Sfn|Template:Sfn]] on Wikipedia for more options and explanation.
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