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 ## References
 
-- [ActivityPub] Christine Lemmer Webber, Jessica Tallon, [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/), 2018
-- [ABC] Alyssa P. Hacker, [An example proposal](http://abc.example/abc.html), 2020
+- Christine Lemmer Webber, Jessica Tallon, [ActivityPub][ActivityPub], 2018
+- Alyssa P. Hacker, [An example proposal][ABC], 2020
 
+[ActivityPub]: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
+[ABC]: http://abc.example/abc.html
 
 ## Copyright