Just put the footnote in between the tags directly after the statement in the article Then at the bottom of the article the footnote will show up wherever you have For example this Bla bla bla This is a fact Doe John 2004 Source Retrieved on 1 March 2009 References reflist yields the following Bla bla bla This is a fact Doe John 2004 Source Retrieved on 1 March 2009 References By the way have you gone through the tutorial yet talk contribs