Template:Refn

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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. Another example. A third example fred. Repeating the first example. Notes References

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}}