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Citation is the process by which an article references information found at another location (usually the internet in SmashWiki's case). They appear at the bottom of articles under a level 2 header called '''External Links''' (i.e. <nowiki>==External Links==</nowiki>).  
Citation is the process by which an article references information found at another location (usually the internet in SmashWiki's case). They appear at the bottom of articles under a level 2 header called '''External Links''' (i.e. <nowiki>==External Links==</nowiki>).  


Provide a link to the website where the information was found in a bullet point under the External Links header, preferably with the title of the target page and/or what information is being referenced. (i.e. <nowiki>[http://www.source.com/mariosfinalsmash.html|Source.com - Mario's Final Smash]</nowiki>) If there are multiple sources of information, each link should get its own bullet point.
Provide a link to the website where the information was found in a bullet point under the External Links header, preferably with the title of the target page and/or what information is being referenced (i.e. <nowiki>[http://www.source.com/mariosfinalsmash.html Source.com - Mario's Final Smash]</nowiki>). If there are multiple sources of information, each link should get its own bullet point.


==Examples==
==Examples==
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