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==Adding Citations==
Citations are an important part of any article, and they ensure accuracy and credibility in articles. To add an in-text citation, you use a <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tag, which denotes that the text given is a reference. It would look like this:
 
Basic instructions are [[Guidelines for Creating Citations|'''here''']].
<nowiki><ref>E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref></nowiki>
 
==Formatting Pictures==▼
Then, at the very bottom of the article, simply place this code:
Most formatting can be done using the toolbar at the top of the editing workspace.
 
Here are some additional options for basic formatting in your articles:▼
<nowiki>==Notes==</nowiki>
 
*To insert text without it being formatted, simply put a <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> tag before the text and a <nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> tag after the text.▼
<nowiki><references /></nowiki>
*Indentation is done similarly, with a single indent being a single colon ( : ), a double indent being two colons ( :: ), and so on.▼
 
==Basic Formatting Images==
▲Here are some options for basic formatting in your articles:
 
Detailed information on formatting images can be found [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images '''here'''].
*To do italics, simply put <nowiki>''italics''</nowiki>
**''Italics''
*To do Bold, simply put <nowiki>'''Bold'''</nowiki>
**'''Bold'''
*To do bold and italics at the same time, simply put <nowiki>'''''Bold and Italics'''''</nowiki>
**'''''Bold and Italics'''''
▲*To insert text without it being formatted, simply put a <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> tag before the text and a <nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> tag after the text.
*To do section headers, simply place the text between <nowiki>==Two Equals Signs==</nowiki>. You can add additional equals signs, up to six on each side, to decrease the size of the header.
*Bulleted Lists can be made by placing an asterisk ( * ) before each item that you wish to be bulleted. To have sub-bullets, simply add more asterisks, so, for example, a bullet of a bullet would have two asterisks ( ** )
*Numbered Lists can be made just like bulleted lists, but with pound signs ( # ) in place of asterisks.
▲*Indentation is done similarly, with a single indent being a single colon ( : ), a double indent being two colons ( :: ), and so on.
 
▲==Formatting Pictures==
The basic formatting for an image is <nowiki>[[File:filename.extension|options|caption]]</nowiki>
 
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