These predefined note and citation groups have templates that make thewikitext markup simpler. These templates also allow a standard reference to be inserted, so that an explanatory note can have a reference, or citations can be nested.
Note: If the note's text has a reference name that is used more than once, the labels will still match, but the clickable alpha characters (superscript lowercase letters likea b c) that toggle the note's display[vague] will benext to the note's label, with links to the multiple locations of its marker in the main text. SeeWP:REFNAME and the first point below in§ Issues.
{{efn}} supports|name= and|group=, which work the same as the parameters in<ref> (see, for instance, the 3rd and 4th examples below). Do not enclose values in quotes.
{{notelist}} supports the|colwidth=,|refs=, and|group= parameters, which work the same as the parameters in{{reflist}}. Do not enclose values in quotes.
In these examples, the footnote labels match between the footnote marker and the reference list:
With lower-alpha labels
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Renders as
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|Footnote 3}}{{notelist}}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.[a] Consectetur adipisicing elit.[b] Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[c]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn-lr|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn-lr|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn-lr|Footnote 3}}{{notelist-lr}}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.[i] Consectetur adipisicing elit.[ii] Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[iii]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|name=fn1|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|name=fn1}}{{notelist}}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.[a] Consectetur adipisicing elit.[b] Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[a]
Note: With named references you only need to add the details once. For each use after the first you just need to re-use the reference name. Doing this will not cause the inline superscript to display a custom name.
Named references can also be defined in the notelist
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Renders as
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|name=fn1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|name=fn2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|name=fn1}}{{notelist|refs={{efn|name=fn1|Very long footnote 1}}{{efn|name=fn2|Very long footnote 2}}}}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.[a] Consectetur adipisicing elit.[b] Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[a]
List-defined footnotes are incompatible with Visual Editor.{{notelist}} is a simply a wrapper for{{reflist}}, which is a wrapper for<references />. Explanatory footnotes can be used with the raw tag (whichis compatible with Visual Editor) by specifying the correct group name, for example:
Multiple backlink labels (seeWP:REFNAME) are always styled as lower-alpha. This can be confusing when{{efn}} is used. See the note in the introduction ofthis section, above.
The entries in the reference list will show the default decimal styling if:
The value for|group= in{{reflist}} or<references /> does not exactly match one of the predefined values; use{{efn}} or variant as|group= will not be needed.
The value for|group= in{{reflist}} or<references /> is enclosed by quotes; use{{efn}} or variant as|group= will not be needed.
The entries in the reference list will have no styling if:
A reference is included in{{navbox}} or one of the variants and the style is set tobodyclass=hlist; to resolve this, replace the style withlistclass=hlist.
TemplateData
Inserts an explanatory footnote. Notes can be named and grouped. Will show as for example: [Note 1]