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* source information for tables and other elements.

~~The use of~~ Footnotes ~~is only one of several options for providing source information in the article. Other systems of inline citation, including~~ ~~{{sfnote}}~~ ~~and~~ ~~{{paren}},~~ may be used at the editor's discretion in accordance with the guideline on [[WP:CITEVAR|Variation in citation methods]].

Footnotes or [[Help:Shortened footnotes|shortened footnotes]] may be used at the editor's discretion in accordance with the guideline on [[WP:CITEVAR|Variation in citation methods]].

Only certain types of material on the English Wikipedia are required to have an inline citation. There is [[Wikipedia:Inline citation#Citation density|no requirement to provide a citation for every sentence]], because multiple sentences may be supported by the same footnote. For advice on which material should be cited, see the guidelines on [[WP:MINREF|When you must use inline citations]], the [[Wikipedia:Good article criteria|Good article criteria]] and [[Wikipedia:when to cite|When to cite]]. For advice on how to organize and format bibliographic citations, see the guideline on [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]] and examples of [[Wikipedia:Citation templates#Examples|Citation templates]].

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 * source information for tables and other elements.
-The use of Footnotes is only one of several options for providing source information in the article. Other systems of inline citation, including {{sfnote}} and {{paren}}, may be used at the editor's discretion in accordance with the guideline on [[WP:CITEVAR|Variation in citation methods]].
+Footnotes or [[Help:Shortened footnotes|shortened footnotes]] may be used at the editor's discretion in accordance with the guideline on [[WP:CITEVAR|Variation in citation methods]].
 Only certain types of material on the English Wikipedia are required to have an inline citation. There is [[Wikipedia:Inline citation#Citation density|no requirement to provide a citation for every sentence]], because multiple sentences may be supported by the same footnote. For advice on which material should be cited, see the guidelines on [[WP:MINREF|When you must use inline citations]], the [[Wikipedia:Good article criteria|Good article criteria]] and [[Wikipedia:when to cite|When to cite]]. For advice on how to organize and format bibliographic citations, see the guideline on [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]] and examples of [[Wikipedia:Citation templates#Examples|Citation templates]].

Help:Footnotes: Difference between revisions

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