Fyrimynd:Refn/doc
Purpose
[rætta wikitekst]This template is used to create footnotes in Wikipedia, as an alternative and complement to the <ref> tag. Because of a technical limitation, some of the standard Wikipedia markup elements that are often used in the article prose do not work within a set of <ref>...</ref> tags, including but not limited to the pipe trick, template substitution and another "nested" set of <ref>...</ref> tags. For example, the following does not work as expected:
<ref>[[Help:Footnotes|]]</ref>(Generates: [[Help:Footnotes|]] instead of a wikilink)<ref>{{SUBST:TODAY}}</ref>(Generates: {{SUBST:TODAY}} instead of the date that the edit was made)<ref>Explanatory footnote<ref>Citation</ref></ref>(Generates: Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). </ref>)
Replacing the outermost <ref>...</ref> set with {{Refn}} allows for the use of the markup elements listed above.
Usage
[rætta wikitekst]{{refn|group=groupname|name=name|Contents of the footnote}}
- groupname: Groupname per WP:REFGROUP; if not specified, then the main and nested references will be rendered into the same reference list
- name: Reference name per WP:REFNAME
Examples
[rætta wikitekst]Footnotes with citations
[rætta wikitekst]| 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.{{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.[note 3] Repeating the first example.[note 1] |
Substitution
[rætta wikitekst]The first example shows that substitution does not work in a regular <ref>...</ref> tag (the accessdate does not appear correctly). The second example shows that the accessdate is substituted correctly within {{refn}}.
| Markup | Renders as |
|---|---|
<ref>{{cite web |accessdate={{Subst:TODAY}} |title=Languages |work=Apache HTTP Server |agency=Ohloh |publisher= Black Duck Software |url=https://www.ohloh.net/p/apache/analyses/latest/languages_summary}}</ref>
{{reflist}}
|
[1]
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{{refn|{{cite web |accessdate={{Subst:TODAY}} |title=Languages |work=Apache HTTP Server |agency=Ohloh |publisher= Black Duck Software |url=https://www.ohloh.net/p/apache/analyses/latest/languages_summary}}}}
{{reflist}}
|
[1]
|
Errors
[rætta wikitekst]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
[rætta wikitekst]Currently, this template may not be used more than once within list-defined references. Doing so will result in Cite errors; see Fyrimynd:Bug.
See also
[rætta wikitekst]Hjálp:Cite errors/Cite error group refs without references
Fyrimynd:Wikipedia referencing