VisualEditor/Recipes

Insert a preformatted citation

A number of libraries, archives, and citation tools, makes preformatted templates available for insertion into Wikipedia articles. It is not quite obvious how to do that in VisualEditor.

1. Copy the preformatted citation, that is hold it in the clipboard
2. Set the cursor on the spot where the citation shall be inserted in the article
3. Write <ref to trigger the Cité tool
4. Chose manual mode from the tabs in the dialog
5. Chose "Standard" from the bottom of the dialog
6. In the upper edit form paste the preformatted citation
7. Click "Apply"