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Don't worry about formatting references; just get all the information in there. Add page numbers for references from books and magazines. A web address isn't enough since web pages move.

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I ran into problems creating references for my first edits here in 2012. I've programmed computers ever since I punched my first IBM card, and used markup languages since RUNOFF, but writing references for Wikipedia introduces one to an entirely different level of complexity. I have been exploring it ever since.

I recommend for your first references (sources):

<ref>Author, Title, Web address if there is one, Publisher, Date, Pages</ref>.
With Visual Editor use Cite->Manual->Basic form, and the editor will add the <ref></ref> part for you.

For other ways see Help:Referencing for beginners and the reference sections at Help:Introduction.

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"But the greatest lesson is that the established social constructions of science are buttressed by rich and deep webs of evidence."

P. J. E. Peebles, How Physical Cosmology Grew, 2019 Nobel Lecture
See also 10.4 "The Social Construction of Science" in Peebles, Cosmology's Century, pages 348–354.

Wikipedia:Citing sources - and see Help:Citation tools
- Help:Referencing for beginners
- User:Yunshui/References for beginners
- User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners
- Help:Footnotes
  - Wikipedia:Nesting footnotes and phabricator:T100477
- Wikipedia:Citation templates
- Wikipedia:Common sourcing mistakes (notability)
- mw:Help:Cite - using the underlying Mediawiki Cite Extension
- mw:WMDE Technical Wishes/Sub-referencing - new Mediawiki feature

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