Help:Growth/How to create help contents/Examples/Add a citation/How-to

Visual (desktop)
Don't forget to save your work when done!
 * 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.

Wikitext (desktop)
It is possible to use some templates to format the Citation you're going to add. Don't forget to save your work when done!
 * 1) On an Article page, click "".
 * 2) Click at the end of the sentence you want to add a citation to.
 * 3) To add a Citation:
 * 4) * Click on the icon OOjs UI icon reference.svg. It will add the wikitext code for Citations to the text:
 * 5) * Type  and
 * 6) Type the details of the Citation between the   and   codes, for instance:

(desktop)
This feature is available as a Beta feature. It may have some bugs. You have to enable it in your preferences to use it.

Don't forget to save your work when done!
 * 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.

Visual (mobile)
This feature is only available on the mobile Website. For apps, see Wikitext (mobile). It is possible to use some templates to format the Citation you're going to add. Don't forget to save your work when done!
 * 1) On an Article page, click on OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg.
 * 2) Click at the end of the sentence you want to add a citation to.
 * 3) Type  : a dialog box opens
 * 4) Type the details of the Citation in the dialog box, for instance:

Wikitext (mobile)
Don't forget to save your work when done!
 * 1) On an Article page, click on OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg.
 * 2) Click at the end of the sentence you want to add a citation to.
 * 3) Type   and
 * 4) Type the details of the Citation between the   and   codes, for instance:
 * It is possible to use some templates to format the Citation you're going to add.
 * 1) Click on "" to add the Citation. A new footnote call appears where you've inserted the Citation.
 * 1) Click on "" to add the Citation. A new footnote call appears where you've inserted the Citation.