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Sometimes a crème caramel is called a flan.<ref name="pudi">Wikipedia contributors. (2025, June 11). ''Crème caramel''. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A8me_caramel</ref> To create a reference, all I have to do is type:<pre>
Sometimes a crème caramel is called a flan.<ref name="pudi">Wikipedia contributors. (2025, June 11). ''Crème caramel''. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A8me_caramel</ref> To create a reference, all I have to do is type:<pre>
<ref>
<ref>
</pre>...and the Wiki will automatically assign the next number in a sequence of references on that page. Since this is my first reference, it is labeled as "1". My next reference will be "2", and so forth. The Wiki will also automatically adjust all the numbering if you go back and place a reference before another one already published.
</pre>...and the Wiki will automatically assign the next number in a sequence of references on that page. Since this is my first reference, it is labeled as "<sup>1</sup>". My next reference will be "<sup>2</sup>", and so forth. The Wiki will also automatically adjust all the numbering if you go back and place a reference before another one already published.
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As soon as I create even a single reference, I should establish the Notes and References section. To do that, I go to the end of the page and use this markup:<pre>
== Notes and References ==
<references />
</pre>Once this is established, the Wiki will automatically place all reference information in this section. Handy!<br>
== Demo Section Two ==
== Demo Section Two ==
It may be true that flans in Japan have designed sophisticated mind control methods.<ref>Verax. (2010, December 2). ''PUDDI PUDDI (Original Video)'' [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S2nuZsBz8g</ref> However, the Wikipedia article is silent on these possibilities.<ref name="pudi"/>
It may be true that flans in Japan have designed sophisticated mind control methods.<ref>Verax. (2010, December 2). ''PUDDI PUDDI (Original Video)'' [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S2nuZsBz8g</ref> However, the Wikipedia article is silent on these possibilities.<ref name="pudi"/>


Notice that that last sentence uses the same citation as the first. I did that by naming the reference. The FIRST time I use the reference, I do this:
Notice that that last sentence uses the same reference as the first I set up on the page. I did that by naming the reference. The FIRST time I use the reference, I do this:
<pre>
<pre>
<ref name="pudi">Wikipedia contributors. (2025, June 11). ''Crème caramel''. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A8me_caramel</ref>
<ref name="pudi">Wikipedia contributors. (2025, June 11). ''Crème caramel''. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A8me_caramel</ref>
</pre>
</pre>
And the second time I write the reference, I just do this:
And the second time I use the reference, I just type this:
<pre>
<pre>
<ref name="pudi"/>
<ref name="pudi"/>
</pre>
</pre>
That will allow the notation to appear the same, so that it doesn't assign a new sequential number to the reference used previously on the page.<br>
That will allow the notation to appear the same, so that it doesn't assign a new sequential number to the reference used previously on the page (which can clutter things up if done too often).<br>
== Notes and References ==
== Notes and References ==
<references />
<references />