Editing Project:Observatory Users Manual (section)

===== Insert references via Source editing/coding (advanced) =====
Alternatively to the easy Visual Editor, you could use Source Editor and use <span style="color:#e83e8c;"><nowiki><ref></nowiki></span><nowiki>[Linked|Citation]</nowiki> text here.<span style="color:#e83e8c;"><nowiki></ref></nowiki></span> tags in the Article body. To code an endnote/footnote to appear at the bottom of an Article, the source code to insert into the Article body where you want your number reference to go is:
:'''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>'''Author Name, ''Book Title'', (City: Publisher, YYYY), p–p.'''<nowiki></ref></nowiki>'''
This will insert a numbered endnote formatted, like this (different text than the above is used below for illustration):<blockquote>1. Jane Doe, ''The Book Title'', (New York: Publisher Name, 2019), pp. 2–24.</blockquote>''(See the [[Project:Style Guide#Links and Footnotes for Observatory Articles/Dual Pub Plan|Observatory Style Guide]] for further guidance on footnote citations.)''
 
It’s easier to use “Visual editing” mode and start typing <nowiki><ref> where you want your number to go in your body, and then a pop-up will appear where you can format the note, group it with other notes of different sections, etc.</nowiki>
 
Check your endnote formatting before Publishing.
 
For more advanced help on notes, see: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Cite.