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Citation Style 2 (CS2) is a style applied to citations on Wikipedia. It is used by default in the general purpose citation template {{Citation}}, and available as an option in many other templates. The commonly-used citation templates have two style modes.[1] These modes change how the citation is punctuated when it's rendered. CS2 primarily uses the comma as a separator, and it does not have a punctuation mark at the end of the citation. Citation Style 1 (CS1) uses the full stop as a separator and for terminal punctuation.[2] For example:
When you use any template, please consider reviewing its documentation. You can find it at the template's page in the template namespace by searching for Template:
plus the name of the template; for example, to find the documentation for {{Citation}}
, enter Template:Citation
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Editors should not attempt to change an article's established citation style merely on the grounds of personal preference, to make it match other articles, or without first seeking consensus for the change.