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Template:Ref
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| Template: Ref | |
|---|---|
| Use on | Articles |
| Use for | Putting references into articles |
| Category template applies to page | (none) |
| Template Parameters (See Template style manual). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Purpose | Required? | SMW property | Comment |
| 1 | Content | yes | See note A | |
| name | Reference name | no | See note B | |
Note A: As with any positional template parameter, use the form 1=content if the content contains an equals sign (=), which is reasonably common in URLs.
Note B: Using the name parameter is equivalent to naming a reference tag: <ref name="name">
Note C: This template (along with <ref> tags) should not be used on talk pages, as a references section is usually impracticable on talk pages that are continually being extended and archived.
<ref> tags cannot be nested, which means that you cannot have a note with its own reference using tags, such as <ref group="note">This note contains a reference<ref>This is the reference.</ref> in the note.</ref>. However, this template can be included in <ref> tags.
