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 Wikipedia Help contents > Edit an article > Add contents to an article How to add a Citation

This page explains how to add a Citation to an Article. Wikipedia provides multiple options to ease your work.

Why adding Citations
Citations are needed to make Wikipedia reliable. With Citations, readers can check where the information comes from. Know more about this.

How to

 * 1) On an Article page, click «  ».
 * 2) Click at the end of the sentence you want to add a citation to.
 * 3) In the toolbar at the top of the page, click on VisualEditor_-_Toolbar_-_citoid_citepong_derivative.png .
 * 4) A panel opens with 3 options :
 * 5) "" allows you to add a new citation from an external ressource . Add the citation you want to use, then click on "".
 * This feature may have some troubles. Please check the Troubleshootings section.
 * 1) "" allows you to insert a Citation using templates or a blank field.
 * 2) "" allows you to re-use a Citation already used on the page.
 * 3) Click on "" to add the Citation. A new footnote call appears where you've inserted the Citation.

Troubleshootings

 * The "" feature may not work for your Citation. Use "" mode instead.
 * The "" feature may miss some information, or add some information at the wrong place. Click on "", and then on "" to change the wrong elements.