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This page describes procedures to convert the references fromFootnotes defined in the body of the article toList-defined references where the references are defined in the reference list.

Such a conversion may be necessary in order to move text with many references from an article that uses the list-defined format to another article, or may be used to format all references in an article so that they all conform to the same format. It requires installation of theReferences segregator tool.

• TheReferences segregator tool can automatically convert all references to the list-defined format.
• Use aregular expression search-and-replace operation to replace uses of<ref> tags with the{{r}} template. To do that, search for:<ref name="(.*?)"/>, and replace it with{{r\|"$1"}}, while checking the "Treat search string as a regular expression" checkbox.

1. Use aregular expression search and replace operation to replace uses of the{{r}} template with<ref> tags. To do that, search for:\{\{r\|([^}]+)\}\}, and replace it with<ref name="$1" />, while checking the "Treat search string as a regular expression" checkbox.
2. Copy and remove (cut) the entire{{reflist}} template with the list of references.
3. Install theReferences segregator tool and click the "Segregate refs for editing" button.
4. Remove all the empty<ref> tags from the lower text box.
5. Paste the list of references into the lower text box (after its existing contents).
6. Save the page, which merges the citation templates from the lower text box into the upper text box and removes the unused footnotes in the process.

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