Help:Wiki University Wikitext--References/Footnotes

What are References/Footnotes
References are a very useful way to placing information on a page. However, sometimes placing additional information in the body of the article is not a good idea. If you are wanting to give the source of a bit of information or even want to add additional information may detract from what is in the body of text. A way to deal with this is with references or footnotes. There are many books that deal with the proper way to create them, but that will not be covered here, However, they are easy to place and here is how to do so.

Placing references

 * They are included with a opening and closing reference tag:


 * They are place right after the word or item on the page you want to reference.

Placing of the references on the page

 * They will show where you place this template:.
 * If you want them to appear on the bottom of the page, place this template there.
 * They can appear where you want them, however, with this template.

 Exercises Check your answers >
 * Take these three pages in FamilySearch Wiki and link them together with a breadcrumb trail:
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Bronx County
 * Use a > as the pointer to the next page.

 Quick Quiz
 * Breadcrumb trails are usually placed at the bottom of the page.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * Breadcrumb trails are external links placed in order of size.
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * Breadcrumb trails are not to be used to go back to preceding pages that you came from.
 * A. True
 * B. False

Check your answers >