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When [[BattleTechWiki:Citing sources|citing sources]] in BattleTechWiki articles, the [[w:citation|citation]] must clearly support the material as presented in the article, per the [[BattleTechWiki:Verifiability|verifiability policy]]. It helps to give a page number or page range—or a section, chapter, or other division of the source—because then the reader does not have to carefully review the whole cited source to find the relevant supporting evidence, which promotes efficient source checking. This page shows examples of various ways to include a page number or page range in citations as well as various ways to cite the same source multiple times with different page numbers. It also summarizes ways to include [[#Other in-source locations|other in-source locations]].

The following examples use {{cs1}} templates, but these are not required (see the section Inline citations in the guideline [[BattleTechWiki:Citing sources|Citing sources]] for alternatives). For a basic introduction to citation templates, see [[Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates]].

==Page numbers in the reference list==
This example uses {{fnote}}.

This example is the most basic and includes unique references for each citation, showing the page numbers in the reference list. This repeats the citation, changing the page number. A disadvantage is that this can create a lot of redundant text in the reference list when a source is cited many times.
So consider using one of the alternatives listed in the sections below this one.

{{markup
|<nowiki>Trellshire Heavy Industries had facilities on Twycross and Charhar as of 3025.<ref>{{cite book |title=House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) |page=121}}</ref> Because the Charhar plant was a relatively recent addition with the company already well established, we know the headquarters was on Twycross.<ref>{{cite book |title=House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) |pages=165}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}</nowiki>
|Trellshire Heavy Industries had facilities on Twycross and Charhar as of 3025.<ref>{{cite book |title=House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) |page=121 |ref=none}}</ref> Because the Charhar plant was a relatively recent addition with the company already well established, we know the headquarters was on Twycross.<ref>{{cite book |title=House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) |pages=165 |ref=none}}</ref>
{{fake heading|sub=2|References}}
{{reflist}}
}}

==Shortened footnotes==
The following example use {{sfnote}}, showing the author(s) and date and page number(s) in the notes list and a separate list for the full reference. An advantage is that the list of full references can be sorted arbitrarily—for example, by author last name or by publication date. A disadvantage is that it is necessary to have two separate sections for short and full references.

{{markup|title=Shortened footnotes using {{tl|sfn}}:
|<nowiki>The brontosaurus is thin at one end.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=6–7}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[w:Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972a}}
{{refend}}</nowiki>
|The brontosaurus is thin at one end.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=5}} Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=6–7}}
{{fake heading|sub=2|Notes}}
{{reflist}}
{{fake heading|sub=2|References}}
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[w:Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972a}}<!--This is CITEREFElk1972a-->
{{refend}}
}}

The next example shows that it is possible to mix {{fnote}} and {{sfnote}} with the full reference in the first footnote and shortened footnotes for subsequent references. An advantage is that it is not necessary to have two separate sections for short and full references. A disadvantage is that the full references cannot be sorted arbitrarily—for example, by author last name or by publication date—as in the previous two examples.

{{markup
|<nowiki>The brontosaurus is thin at one end.<ref>{{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[w:Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972b |page=5}}</ref> Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972b|p=6–7}}

==References==
{{reflist}}</nowiki>
|The brontosaurus is thin at one end.<ref>{{cite book |last=Elk |first=Anne |title=[[w:Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses]] |date=November 16, 1972b |page=5}}</ref> Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.{{sfn|Elk|1972b|p=6–7}}
{{fake heading|sub=2|References}}
{{reflist}}
}}

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