About [[MediaWiki:Visualeditor-dialog-citation-insert-citation/en]]

What does "citation" mean here exactly? Is this the reference ("Genesis 1:1")? Is it the text of a citation ("In the beginning God created" and so on)? Is it a footnote template?

Amir E. Aharoni (talk)10:43, 25 March 2014

I think this should indeed actually be a footnote. You might want to take this up with whoever is responsible for this module.

Siebrand16:40, 8 April 2014
 

This means a rich, formatted reference using a template, which is commonly called a "citation" on Wikimedia projects. It should not be translated as "footnote" as that implies a location of the representation which is unlikely to remain consistent.

Jdforrester (talk)22:23, 13 July 2014