The {{Citation}} and {{Citations}} directives create professional academic / Wikipedia-style inline bibliographic citations (†N) and an aggregated, deduplicated reference list.
Syntax
1. Inline Citation
Early computing publications emerged from amateur radio circles.{{Citation author=Brand, Stewart |#| title=Spacewar |#| journal=Rolling Stone |#| volume=7 |#| issue=11 |#| pages=50-58 |#| year=1972 |#| url=https://rollingstone.com/spacewar}}
2. Bibliography List
Place {{Citations}} where the collected bibliography should be rendered:
## References
{{Citations}}
Recognized Citation Properties
| Property | Repeatable | Description |
|---|---|---|
author |
Yes | Author name(s). Multiple authors are joined with commas and “and”. |
title |
No | Article or chapter title (rendered in italics). |
journal |
No | Magazine or periodical name. |
publisher |
No | Publishing house (used if journal is absent). |
volume |
No | Volume number (rendered as vol. X). |
issue |
No | Issue number (rendered as no. Y when volume is present). |
pages |
No | Page range (rendered as pp. 12-24). |
year |
No | Publication year. |
doi |
No | Digital Object Identifier (automatically linked to https://doi.org/...). |
url |
No | Direct outbound link. Links the title or displays the hostname. |
Deduplication
If the identical citation payload appears multiple times in an article, it is de-duplicated into a single bibliography entry with multiple return back-links.
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