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==Inline Citations==
==Ref Tags==


All the information on WikiIslam, especially any statements which are likely to be challenged, must be appropriately referenced, and these references must be provided via inline citations. A general list of references at the bottom of a page is no use to readers because it does not tell them which particular statement they support.
Statements of facts, especially those that are likely to be challenged, must be appropriately referenced. These references must be provided via inline citations. A general list of references at the bottom of a page is of little use because they do not specify which particular statements they support.


===Single Citation===
===Single Citation===
An example of a reference being made on a page:
An example of a reference being made on a page:
{| border="1" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0"
{| border="1" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0"
| I'm about to give a reference.<ref>This is the Reference text at the bottom. [http://links.sourceforge.net/ Links can also be made here.]</ref>
| This is how to provide inline citations.<ref>This is the reference text. [http://example.com/ Links can also be provided]</ref>
''(article text)''
''(article text)''


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Here is what has to be typed:
Here is what has to be typed:
::<tt>I'm about to give a reference.<nowiki><ref>This is the Reference text at the bottom. [http://links.sourceforge.net/ Links can also made here.]</ref></nowiki></tt>
::<tt>This is how to provide inline citations.<nowiki><ref>This is the reference text. [http://example.com/ Links can also be provided]</ref></nowiki></tt>


Then at the end of the article, give a "References" heading and below that, write:
Then at the end of the article, give a "References" heading and below that, write:
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Thereafter, the same footnote may be used multiple times by adding:
Thereafter, the same footnote may be used multiple times by adding:
::<tt><nowiki><ref name="name here"></ref></nowiki></tt>  
::<tt><nowiki><ref name="name here"></ref></nowiki></tt>  
===Multi-columned References===
For ease of reading, when a page includes many citations, the standard <tt><nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki></tt> template should be replaced by <tt><nowiki>{{Reflist|30em}}</nowiki></tt>  (for 10+ citations).


===Linking to External websites===
===Linking to External websites===
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Give it a try in the [[WikiIslam:Sandbox]]. If you want to make other kinds of references using this method, see the related [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes WikiMedia] page.
Give it a try in the [[WikiIslam:Sandbox]]. If you want to make other kinds of references using this method, see the related [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Footnotes WikiMedia] page.
===Multi-columned References===
For ease of reading, when a page includes many citations, the standard <tt><nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki></tt> template should be replaced by <tt><nowiki>{{Reflist|30em}}</nowiki></tt>  (for 20+ citations).


==Islamic Text==
==Islamic Text==
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