Editing Encyclopedia:Citing sources (section)

===Consecutive cites of the same source===
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Per [[MOS:CITEPUNCT]], citations should be placed at the end of the text that they support. Material (e.g., the fact that elephants are mammals) that is repeated multiple times in a paragraph does not require an inline citation for every mention. If you say an elephant is a mammal more than once, provide one only at the first instance. Avoid cluttering text with redundant citations for the same facts, like this:

<blockquote>Elephants are large{{dummy ref|1}} land{{dummy ref|2}} mammals{{dummy ref|3}} ... Elephants' teeth{{dummy ref|4}} are very different{{dummy ref|4}} from those of most other mammals.{{dummy ref|3}}{{dummy ref|4}} Unlike most mammals,{{dummy ref|3}} which grow baby teeth{{dummy ref|5}} and then replace them with a permanent set of adult teeth,{{dummy ref|4}} elephants have cycles of tooth{{dummy ref|5}} rotation throughout their entire{{dummy ref|6}} lives.{{dummy ref|4}}</blockquote>

This does not apply to lists or tables, nor does it apply when [[WP:INTEGRITY|multiple sources support different parts of a paragraph or passage]]. Citation requirements for [[WP:DYK]] may require a citation to be inserted (for the duration of the DYK listing) even within a passage completely cited to the same sources.{{efn|See [[Special:Permalink/1175370901#WHENNOTCITE vs DYK|discussion.]]}}