Template:Format footnotes/doc

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Usage

Use {{Format footnotes|date=November 2024}} to alert editors to articles with improperly formatted or non-formatted citations.

This template will add the page to Category:Articles needing footnote reformatting and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.

A bot will add the date for you at a later time if you forgot.

Example

Use in an article with citations like:

Australia has a government Australian Government.

Australia has a government^{see footnote 1}

A standard, correct way of formatting this citation would be:

Australia has a government (Australian Government Press Agency, 2009).

or:

Australia has a government.^[1]

References

↑ Australian Government Press Agency (25 November 2009). "Australian Government". Retrieved 25 November 2009.

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