Order of article elements
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A simple article should have at least a lead section and references. As editors add complexity where required, the elements (such as sections and templates) that are used typically appear in the following order, although they would not all appear in the same article at the same time:
- Before the lead section
- Hatnotes
- Deletion/Protection tags (CSD, PROD, AFD, PP notices)
- Maintenance / dispute tags
- Infoboxes
- Foreign character warning boxes
- Images
- Navigational boxes (header navboxes)
- Body
- Lead section (also called the introduction)
- Table of contents
- Content
- Appendices
- Works or publications (for biographies only)
- See also
- Notes and references (this can be two sections in some citation systems)
- Further reading
- External links
- Bottom matter
- Succession boxes and geography boxes
- Other navigation templates (footer navboxes)
- Geographical coordinates (if not in Infobox) or {{coord missing}}
- Authority control template
- {{featured list}}, {{featured article}} and {{good article}} (where appropriate for article status)
- Defaultsort
- Categories
- Stub template
The English verb cite “to quote a passage; summon to appear in court, etc.” comes via Middle French citer “to summon (someone) to do something” from Latin citāre “to set in motion, rouse to action, summon, summon (an accused person) by name to appear, call on (a witness), summon (someone). Citāre is a frequentative verb from the simple verb ciēre “to move, call, rouse, excite, provoke (disturbances, war), call upon.” Ciēre derives from a variant stem of the Proto-Indo-European root kēi- “to set in motion, be in motion.”
From Old French citer to summon, from Latin citāre to rouse, from citus quick, from ciēre to excite In Citer (talk) 11:39, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
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