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The automatic option is the easiest. Knowledge (XXG) can often auto-format a reference citation if you just insert the website URL and click "Generate". Take a look at the citation that it then creates. To accept it, click "Insert". You can then modify the details, if VE has got something wrong, such
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Sometimes the reference you want to add doesn't fall into any of these categories (for example, perhaps you want to cite a speech). In this case, you can enter the information fully manually using the "Basic form". (These types of references are currently easier using
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To enter the information about a reference manually, click the "Manual" tab of the dialog box. Then you select which type of reference you want to add, and fill in as many of the fields ("parameters") as possible.
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To insert a reference, first activate VisualEditor by clicking "edit" at the top of an article. Once the toolbar has appeared, click where you wish to insert the reference. Clicking the
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by filling in a template (where you add each piece of information separately).
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There are two simple ways to create a new reference: Fully
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that allows you to enter the details of your reference.
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Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor

Verifiability
Adding references
Editing existing ones
Reusing references
Reliable sources
Summary
<< Back to tutorials menu
Shortcut
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Wiki markup citations
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Full user guide
Markup referencing

Introduction
Starting introduction
Policies and Guidelines
Editing
Referencing
Images
Tables
Editing
Referencing

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