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Purpose
This template allows nested references where a reference is included inside a reference. This is mainly useful where content that would normally be in <ref>...</ref>
tags is used as an explanatory note and requires a cite using <ref>...</ref>
. See WP:REFNOTE for further information on explanatory notes.
This template uses the magic word {{#tag:ref}}
to allow the Cite.php
parser to pass wikimarkup.
Usage
{{refn|name=name|group=groupname|Reference or note including <ref></ref>}}
- name: Reference name per WP:REFNAME
- groupname: Groupname per WP:REFGROUP; if not specified, then the main and nested references will be rendered into the same reference list
Names for footnotes and groups must follow these rules:
- Names are case-sensitive
- Names may not be purely numeric
- Names must be unique— you cannot use the same name to define different groups or footnotes
- Quotes are optional if the only characters used are letters A–Z, a–z, digits 0–9 and the symbols
!$%&()*,-.:;<@[]^_`{|}~
- Inclusion of any other characters including spaces requires that the name be enclosed in straight quotes (")
- Quote-enclosed names may not include a less-than sign (<) or a quote symbol (")
- Please consider keeping names simple and restricted to the standard English alphabet and numerals.
- You may optionally provide names even when the name is not required.
Example
Markup | Renders as |
---|---|
An example.{{refn|group=note|name=first|A note.<ref>An included reference.</ref>}} Another example.{{refn|group=note|Another note.<ref>Another included reference.</ref>}} A third example fred.{{refn|group=note|The third note.<ref>The reference in the third note.</ref>}} Repeating the first example.{{refn|group=note|name=first}} ==Notes== {{reflist|group=note}} ==References== {{reflist}} |
An example.[note 1]
Another example.[note 2] A third example fred.[note 3] Repeating the first example.[note 1] |
Errors
If the reference or note content is missing, then "Cite error: Invalid <ref>
tag; refs with no name must have content." will be displayed.
List defined references
Currently, this template may not be used more than once within list-defined references. Doing so will result in Cite errors; see Template:Bug.
See also
{{#lst:Help:Cite errors/Cite error group refs without references|rlt}}
Template:Wikipedia referencing
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Refn/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |