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=== Citations ===

~~{{Main article~~|Wikipedia:Citing sources}}

:''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citing sources|Wikipedia:Citing sources]]''

Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include ~~either of Wikipedia's own template-based [[Help:Citation Style 1|Citation Style 1]] and [[Help:Citation Style 2|Citation Style 2]], and~~ any ~~other~~ well-recognized citation system. The formatting applied by the [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]] should not be evaded.<ref>In unusual cases, the default formatting may need to be adjusted to conform to some other guideline, e.g. italicization of a non-English term in a title that would otherwise not be italicized.</ref> Parameters should be accurate,<ref>Attempting to misuse citation template parameters to output data they are not designed for typically results in garbled [[COinS]] metadata output. For special cases, use a textual note after the end of the citation template and before the closing <code><nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tag.</ref> and should not be omitted if the formatting applied by the template is not in agreement with the text-formatting guidelines above.

Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include any well-recognized citation system. Parameters should be accurate,<ref>Attempting to misuse citation template parameters to output data they are not designed for typically results in garbled [[COinS]] metadata output. For special cases, use a textual note after the end of the citation template and before the closing <code><nowiki></ref></nowiki></code> tag.</ref> and should not be omitted if the formatting applied by the template is not in agreement with the text-formatting guidelines above.

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 === Citations ===
-{{Main article|Wikipedia:Citing sources}}
+:''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Citing sources|Wikipedia:Citing sources]]''
-Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based [[Help:Citation Style 1|Citation Style 1]] and [[Help:Citation Style 2|Citation Style 2]], and any other well-recognized citation system. The formatting applied by the [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]] should not be evaded.<ref>In unusual cases, the default formatting may need to be adjusted to conform to some other guideline, e.g. italicization of a non-English term in a title that would otherwise not be italicized.</ref> Parameters should be accurate,<ref>Attempting to misuse citation template parameters to output data they are not designed for typically results in garbled [[COinS]] metadata output. For special cases, use a textual note after the end of the citation template and before the closing <code><nowiki>&lt;/ref&gt;</nowiki></code> tag.</ref> and should not be omitted if the formatting applied by the template is not in agreement with the text-formatting guidelines above.
+Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include any well-recognized citation system. Parameters should be accurate,<ref>Attempting to misuse citation template parameters to output data they are not designed for typically results in garbled [[COinS]] metadata output. For special cases, use a textual note after the end of the citation template and before the closing <code><nowiki>&lt;/ref&gt;</nowiki></code> tag.</ref> and should not be omitted if the formatting applied by the template is not in agreement with the text-formatting guidelines above.
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