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You can check that existing citations have been expanded accurately and to your liking, allowing you to make further changes to the article before saving, and
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The gadget will add missing data to citations using citation templates, and makes corrections to their formatting using the logic of
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When used on a "new section", the gadget's edit summary is added to the section heading - you will need to fix that by hand.
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then have the bot expand this to a complete citation (sometimes only partially complete) before you save the page.
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If you are viewing the page, you can click on the "Expand citations" link in the "tool" section of your
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button underneath the edit box will expand any citations within the edit box. This means that:
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from the edit window! This button will work even if the bot is blocked.
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This adds a button (the exact appearance may differ) to trigger
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You can type a partial citation into an article, such as
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It also adds an "Expand citations" link in your toolbar!
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Citation bot

many ways to activate the bot
the gadgets tab of your preferences panel
Citation bot
left sidebar
its user page
the user guide
its talk page
source code
its talk page
Knowledge:Knowledge Signpost/2022-08-01/Tips and tricks
The Signpost
Categories
Knowledge citation/link tools
Knowledge scripts

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