User:SallyScot/Citation templates v freehand example

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From 1994 to 2000, Wales served as research director at Chicago Options Associates, a [[futures contract|futures]] and [[stock option|options]] [[stock trader|trading firm]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].<ref name="qanda">{{cite news|title=Q&A: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder|author=[[Brian Lamb|Lamb, Brian]]|url=http://qanda.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1042|work=[[C-SPAN]]|date=[[2005-09-25]]|accessdate=2006-07-11}}</ref> By "speculating on interest rate and foreign-currency fluctuations" he had soon earned enough to "support himself and his wife for the rest of their lives," according to Daniel Pink of [[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]].<ref name=bookstopshere>{{cite news|url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3|title=The Book Stops Here|date=[[2005-03-13]]|accessdate=2006-10-09|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|last=Pink|first=Daniel H.}}</ref> During this time one of the projects Wales undertook was the creation of the [[web portal]] [[Bomis]], a website featuring [[user generated content|user generated]] [[webring]]s that, according to [[The Atlantic Monthly]], meant the site "found itself positioned as the [[Playboy]] of the [[Internet]]".<ref>Poe, Marshall. "[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/wikipedia/2 The Hive]". ''The Atlantic Monthly'', [[2006-09-01]]. Retrieved on [[2008-01-15]].</ref> For a time the company sold erotic photographs<ref name=accessforall>{{cite news | last = Brennen | first = Jensen | title = Access for All | journal = Chronicle of Philanthropy | volume = 18 | issue = 18 | publisher = Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc. | location = USA | date = [[2006-06-29]] | accessdate =2008-01-16}}</ref> and Wales described the site as having had "a market similar to say [[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] magazine. So it‘s kind of a guy-oriented search engine".<ref name="qanda"/> Although Wales is no longer connected with the company his involvement with Bomis has been criticised with questions frequently asked about the nature of its content.<ref>{{cite news | last = Mangu-Ward | first = Katherine | title = Wikipedia and beyond: Jimmy Wales' sprawling vision | journal = Reason | volume = 39 | issue = 2 | pages = 21 | publisher = Reason Foundation | date = June 2007 | accessdate = 2008-01-16}} </ref><ref name="wirednews">{{cite news |last=Hansen|first=Evan|title=Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio |work=[[Wired News]]|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |url=http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69880,00.html|accessdate=2006-02-14}}</ref> Bomis also provided the initial funding for the [[Nupedia]] project.<ref name=bookstopshere>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?topic=wiki|title=The Book Stops Here|date=[[2005-03-13]]|accessdate=2006-10-09|publisher=Wired|last=Pink|first=Daniel H.}}</ref>

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From 1994 to 2000, Wales served as research director at Chicago Options Associates, a [[futures contract|futures]] and [[stock option|options]] [[stock trader|trading firm]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].<ref name="qanda">{{
cite news
| author = [[Brian Lamb|Lamb, Brian]]
| title = Q&A: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder
| url = http://qanda.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1042
| work = [[C-SPAN]]
| date = [[September 25]], [[2005]]
| accessdate = 2006-07-11
}}</ref> By "speculating on interest rate and foreign-currency fluctuations" he had soon earned enough to "support himself and his wife for the rest of their lives," according to Daniel Pink of [[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]].<ref name=Pink2005>{{
cite news
| last = Pink
| first = Daniel H
| title = The Book Stops Here
| url = http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3
| publisher = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]
| date = [[March 13]], [[2005]]
| accessdate = 2006-10-09
}}</ref> During this time one of the projects Wales undertook was the creation of the [[web portal]] [[Bomis]], a website featuring [[user generated content|user generated]] [[webring]]s that, according to [[The Atlantic Monthly]], meant the site "found itself positioned as the [[Playboy]] of the [[Internet]]".<ref>Poe, Marshall. "[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/wikipedia/2 The Hive]". ''The Atlantic Monthly'', [[2006-09-01]]. Retrieved on [[2008-01-15]].</ref> For a time the company sold erotic photographs<ref name=accessforall>{{
cite journal
| last = Brennen
| first = Jensen
| date = [[June 29]], [[2006]]
| title = Access for All
| journal = Chronicle of Philanthropy
| volume = 18
| issue = 18
| location = USA
| publisher = Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc
| accessdate = 2008-01-16
}}</ref> and Wales described the site as having had "a market similar to say [[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] magazine. So it's kind of a guy-oriented search engine".<ref name="qanda"/> Although Wales is no longer connected with the company his involvement with Bomis has been criticised with questions frequently asked about the nature of its content.<ref>{{
cite journal
| last = Mangu-Ward
| first = Katherine
| date = June 2007
| title = Wikipedia and beyond: Jimmy Wales' sprawling vision
| journal = Reason
| volume = 39
| issue = 2
| pages = 21
| publisher = Reason Foundation
| accessdate = 2008-01-16
}}</ref><ref name="wirednews">{{
cite news
| last = Hansen
| first = Evan
| title = Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio
| url = http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69880,00.html
| work = [[Wired News]]
| publisher = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]
| accessdate = 2006-02-14
}}</ref> Bomis also provided the initial funding for the [[Nupedia]] project.<ref name=Pink2005 />

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From 1994 to 2000, Wales served as research director at Chicago Options Associates, a [[futures contract|futures]] and [[stock option|options]] [[stock trader|trading firm]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]].<ref name="qanda">[[Brian Lamb|Lamb, Brian]]. "[http://qanda.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1042 Q&A: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder]", ''[[C-SPAN]]'', [[September 25]], [[2005]]. Retrieved on [[July 11]], [[2008]].</ref> By "speculating on interest rate and foreign-currency fluctuations" he had soon earned enough to "support himself and his wife for the rest of their lives," according to Daniel Pink of [[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]].<ref name=Pink2005>Pink, Daniel H. "[http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/wiki.html?pg=3 The Book Stops Here]", [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]], [[March 13]]. Retrieved on [[October 9]], [[2006]].</ref> During this time one of the projects Wales undertook was the creation of the [[web portal]] [[Bomis]], a website featuring [[user generated content|user generated]] [[webring]]s that, according to [[The Atlantic Monthly]], meant the site "found itself positioned as the [[Playboy]] of the [[Internet]]".<ref>Poe, Marshall. "[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/wikipedia/2 The Hive]". ''The Atlantic Monthly'', [[2006-09-01]]. Retrieved on [[2008-01-15]].</ref> For a time the company sold erotic photographs<ref name=accessforall>Brennen, Jensen ([[June 29]], [[2006]]). "Access for All". Chronicle of Philanthropy '''18'''(18). USA: Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc. Retrieved on [[January 16]], [[2008]].</ref> and Wales described the site as having had "a market similar to say [[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] magazine. So it's kind of a guy-oriented search engine".<ref name="qanda"/> Although Wales is no longer connected with the company his involvement with Bomis has been criticised with questions frequently asked about the nature of its content.<ref>Mangu-Ward, Katherine (June 2007). "Wikipedia and beyond: Jimmy Wales' sprawling vision". ''Reason '' '''39'''(2): 21. Reason Foundation. Retrieved on [[January 16, 2008]].</ref><ref name="wirednews">Hansen, Evan. "[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69880,00.html Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio]", ''[[Wired News]]'', [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]. Retrieved on [[February 14]], [[2006]]</ref> Bomis also provided the initial funding for the [[Nupedia]] project.<ref name=Pink2005 />

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From 1994 to 2000, Wales served as research director at Chicago Options Associates, a futures and options trading firm in Chicago. By "speculating on interest rate and foreign-currency fluctuations" he had soon earned enough to "support himself and his wife for the rest of their lives," according to Daniel Pink of Wired Magazine. During this time one of the projects Wales undertook was the creation of the web portal Bomis, a website featuring user generated webrings that, according to The Atlantic Monthly, meant the site "found itself positioned as the Playboy of the Internet". For a time the company sold erotic photographs and Wales described the site as having had "a market similar to say Maxim magazine. So it's kind of a guy-oriented search engine". Although Wales is no longer connected with the company his involvement with Bomis has been criticised with questions frequently asked about the nature of its content. Bomis also provided the initial funding for the Nupedia project.

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