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The '''harv''' ("Harvard citation") template creates a short citation in the form of "{{xt|(Smith 2007, p. 22)}}", for use inside [[WP:EXPLNOTESECT|explanatory notes]]. It is occasionally used in [[Wikipedia:Project namespace|project namespace]] for [[Wikipedia:Essays|essays]]. It can be used within footnotes, but should not be used in the [[body text]] of any article. Since 2020, inline [[Parenthetical referencing|parenthetical]] references have been [[Special:PermanentLink/976895063#Deprecate parenthetical citations|'''deprecated''' on Wikipedia]]. Any usage of parenthetical references in the body of an article can be converted to [[Help:Footnotes|footnotes]].
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[[Category:Author–date citation templates]]
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<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "1",
"description": "1st author's last name",
"example": "Smith",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"2": {
"label": "2",
"description": "2nd author's last name or year of publication",
"example": "Williams or 2002",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"3": {
"label": "3",
"description": "3rd author's last name or year of publication",
"example": "Jones or 2003",
"type": "string"
},
"4": {
"label": "4",
"description": "4th author's last name or year of publication",
"example": "Brown or 2004",
"type": "string"
},
"5": {
"label": "5",
"description": "Year of publication",
"type": "number",
"example": "2005"
},
"ref": {
"aliases": [
"Ref"
],
"label": "Reference value",
"description": "Usual not used. Reference value that links the short citation to the full citation. If you specify |ref=none, no hyperlink is created.",
"example": "none"
},
"Ref": {},
"loc": {
"label": "Location",
"description": "Some other description of the location. Can be a URL in [ ].",
"example": "[https://archive.org/stream/merriamwebsterdi00merr#page/253]",
"type": "url",
"aliases": [
"at"
]
},
"p": {
"description": "Single page number",
"example": "374, xii, or A4",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true,
"aliases": [
"page"
],
"label": "Page"
},
"page": {},
"pp": {
"aliases": [
"pages"
],
"deprecated": true,
"label": "Pages",
"description": "range of page numbers or multiple separate page numbers",
"example": "124–27 or 42,47,A113",
"type": "string"
},
"pages": {},
"ps": {
"label": "Quotes or additional comments",
"description": "Used to add quotes or additional comments.",
"example": "Table 7.1",
"type": "string"
}
},
"description": "This template creates a short author–date citation with a one-directional link to the first matching citation template on the same page.",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

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