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According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<font color= | According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<font color=#FE6060>'''<ref>'''E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.'''</ref>'''<br/></font> | ||
The Moon, however, is not so big.<font color= | The Moon, however, is not so big.<font color=#FE6060>'''<ref>'''R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44-6.'''</ref>'''<br/></font> | ||
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This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<font color= | This is an example of multiple references to the same footnote.<font color=#FE6060>'''<ref name="multiple">'''Remember that when you refer to the same footnote multiple times, the text from the first reference is used.'''</ref>'''</font> | ||
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Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from | Such references are particularly useful when citing sources, if different statements come from | ||
the same source.<font color= | the same source.<font color=#FE6060>'''<ref name="multiple">'''This text is superfluous, and won't show up anywhere. We may as well just use an empty tag.'''</ref>'''</font> | ||
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A concise way to make multiple references is to use empty ref tags, which have a slash at the | 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.<font color= | 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.<font color=#FE6060>'''<ref name="multiple" />'''</font> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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<font color= | <font color=#FE6060>'''<references/>'''</font> | ||
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