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| To add a citation using the "{{int:visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label}}Cite" menu, place your cursor where you want to add it in the text. Then on the "{{int:visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label}}" menu, select the appropriate itemcitation type in the menu.

| Shown here is what you will see if you select the "{{int:visualeditor-dialogbutton-reference-tooltip}}" basic references item. In the Reference editor, you can add your citation, including formatting.  <br>You can make the reference belong to a given group, although normally this is almost always left blank. (This option is used to display groups of references with the "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-referencelist-title}}" tool; if you need more information, see [[WP:REFGROUP]].)|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor Template Insert Menu-en.png|thumb|border|center|300px]]| In the Reference dialog, if you want to include a template in your new reference, click the {{int:visualeditor-dialogbutton-template-tooltip}} icon (puzzle piece) in the "{{int:visualeditor-toolbar-insert}}" toolbar menu within the Reference editor.|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor - Editing references 9.png|thumb|border|center|500px]]| Then, look for the template you want to use, add it and edit it as you would any other template. (See the [[#Editing templates|Editing templates]] section, below, if you need more information about templates.) After you're done editing your new template, click on "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-action-apply}}" to return to the Reference editor, and "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-action-apply}}" again to return to the page you're editing.|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor Reference List Insert Menu-en.png|thumb|border|center|300px]]| If there isn't already a list of references on the page (for example, if you're adding the first reference for the page), you need to specify where the list of references, and their text, will be displayed to the reader. Place the cursor where you want to display references (usually at the bottom of the page), open the "{{int:visualeditor-toolbar-insert}}" menu and click the "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-referencelist-title}}" icon (three books.|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor - Editing references 11.png|thumb|border|center|500px]]| If you are using different groups of references (which is unusual), you can specify a group in this dialog, to display only those references that belong to that group. The final step, in the References list dialog, is to click "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-referencelist-insert-button}}".|-|-| colspan=2 | ==== Using standard cite templates ====|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor - Editing References - Cite Pulldown.png|thumb|border|150px|center]]| Your local wiki may have added extra citation templates to this menu. This offers quick access to the most-used citation templates. (Instructions for adding extra citation templates to your local wiki are available at [[VisualEditor/Citation tool]].) |-|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor - Editing references - Cite book required fields.png|thumb|border|430px|center]]| Clicking on a template icon such as "Cite book" will take you into the template mini-editor for that template. Important information fields may be marked with an asterisk. While the most common fields will be shown, not all of them are required.|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:VisualEditor - Editing references - Add parameter.png|thumb|border|230px|center]]| To add additional parameters, scroll down in the template mini-editor and click on the "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param}}" option. Click on "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-citation-insert-citation}}" when you're done.|-|-| colspan=2 | ==== Using Citoid ====|-| colspan=2 |The '''[[:mw:Citoid|Citoid service]]'''&nbsp;takes a&nbsp;[[:en:URL|URL]]&nbsp;or&nbsp;[[:en:Digital object identifier|DOI]]&nbsp;for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections by contributing to the Citoid service's definitions for each website.|-| [[File:Citoid in VisualEditor Screen Shot 2015-04-02.png|thumb|border|430px|center]]| With [[:mw:Citoid|Citoid]] in VisualEditor, you click the 'book with bookmark' icon (next to the 'Links' icon) in the main toolbar, paste in the URL or DOI of a reliable source, and click 'Lookup'.|-|-| colspan=2 | <hr />|-| [[File:Citoid results in VisualEditor Screen Shot 2015-04-02.png|thumb|border|430px|center]]| Citoid looks up the source and returns available citation details as result. Click the green "Insert" button to accept its results and add them to the article. After inserting the citation, you can change it. Select the reference, and click the "Edit" button in the context menu to make changes.