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[edit] Wikipedia talk:Citing sources - Maintaining a separate "References" section in addition to "Notes"

How do i do this (maintaining separate sections for them) anyway? -- Jokes Free4Me 12:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

You put a normalized list of references in a "References" section, then create shortened notes in whatever format you like (I can think of 3 off my head) inside the <ref></ref> tags and a <references/> under your "Notes" header. Circeus 16:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Circeus, but let me expand on his answer.

• Where each citation occurs in the text, put a short footnote, such as
  • The Chicago Manual of Style explains how to shorten notes.<ref>''Chicago Manual,'' §248–261.</ref>
• Create a "Notes" section that only contains <references/>
• Create a "References" section which is a bulleted alphabetical list of all the works mentioned in the "Notes" section, together with general references that are not mentioned in any note. The reference for each work may be formatted by hand, or with a citation template, whichever is the general practice for the article. If it is a new article, you can use whichever you prefer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gerry Ashton (talk • contribs) 18:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC).

Thanks for adding the specifics. Personally, I like it when "general references" and "cited references" are kept separate. For example, if the "references" section contains ONLY general references, I'll merge the two in the following way:

==References==
<div class="references-small">
;General
*<list of references here>
*...
*...
;Specific
<references/>
</div>

Circeus 16:50, 1 March 2007 (UTC)