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This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<ref name="multiple">Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.</ref> | |||
Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from the same source.<ref name="multiple">This text is superfluous, and won't show up anywhere. We may as well just use an empty tag.</ref> | |||
A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.<ref name="multiple" /> | |||
According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> | According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref>E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> | ||
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This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.[1]
Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from the same source.[1]
A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the end. Although this may reduce redundant work, please be aware that if a future editor removes the first reference, this will result in the loss of all references using the empty ref tags.[1]
According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.[2]
The Moon, however, is not so big.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "multiple" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.
- ↑ R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.