Citations

The citations block renders a numbered list of source citations, each an already-formatted citation string with an optional link. Use it at the end of articles or research-backed pages that need a "Sources & References" list.

Fields

Field	Description	Required?
heading	Heading shown above the citations list. Defaults to "Sources & References" if left blank.	No
url (per citation)	Optional URL. If set, the citation text is wrapped in a link.	No
chicago (per citation)	The full citation text, typed or pasted in already-formatted form (e.g. Chicago style: Author Last, First. Year. Title. Publisher.).	No

Citations are added and removed with the "Add citation" button. Each citation is auto-numbered (1, 2, 3, ...) in the order it appears, and that number is used to build an anchor ID (cite-1, cite-2, ...) so other content can link directly to a specific citation.

This block does not compute or format citations for you. The editor is responsible for typing or pasting the citation exactly as it should appear (in whatever style the site uses); the block just numbers and lists what's entered.

HTML safety

The heading and each citation's chicago text and url are all escaped and rendered as plain text. All fields on this block are escaped as plain text; there is no raw-HTML field here. This means citation text can't include inline formatting like italics for a book title. If a citation has a url, its text becomes a link; otherwise it's rendered as plain text.

This block also supports the standard appearance controls: background color, border, text color, padding, margin.

Using it

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Typically placed at the very end of a long-form article or research page, after the main body content.

Example

A research article citing two sources:

url	chicago
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO	International Monetary Fund. 2025. World Economic Outlook. Washington, DC: IMF.
(blank)	Americas Quarterly. 2025. "Regional Trade Trends." Issue 3.

Heading left blank, so it renders as "Sources & References". The first citation becomes a clickable link (anchor cite-1) because it has a url; the second renders as plain, non-linked text (anchor cite-2) because no URL was given.