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If you arrived here after clicking a link like this{{fact}} then someone has requested that you add a reference for the statement you just read. Read on...
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If you arrived here after clicking a link like this{{fact}}, then someone has requested that someone add a reference for a statement found in the MediaWiki articles posted to the Gramps-Project site.
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If you could substantiate that statement by citing a source but do not know how to embed such a citation using MediaWiki, read on...
  
 
== Adding citations ==
 
== Adding citations ==
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By writing:
 
By writing:
  
  Questionable statement(<nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation ref]</nowiki>)
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  Questionable statement(<nowiki>[http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation ref]</nowiki>)
  
 
You will get:
 
You will get:
  
  Questionable statement([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words ref])
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  Questionable statement([http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words ref])
  
 
=== Simple citation 2 ===
 
=== Simple citation 2 ===
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  This statement is supported by [http://www.theonion.com/content/ ''This Article''] from 2007-06-23
 
  This statement is supported by [http://www.theonion.com/content/ ''This Article''] from 2007-06-23
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Latest revision as of 11:59, 12 February 2021

If you arrived here after clicking a link like thiscitation requested, then someone has requested that someone add a reference for a statement found in the MediaWiki articles posted to the Gramps-Project site.

If you could substantiate that statement by citing a source but do not know how to embed such a citation using MediaWiki, read on...

Adding citations

There are a number of complex ways to add citations, but here are some simple ones.

Simple citation 1

By writing:

Questionable statement([http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation ref])

You will get:

Questionable statement(ref)

Simple citation 2

By writing:

This statement is supported by [http://www.theonion.com/content/ ''This Article''] from 2007-06-23

You will get:

This statement is supported by This Article from 2007-06-23