ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:Refn
Template documentationPurpose[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
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[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
{{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
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.
Examples[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
Footnotes with citations[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
| 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}}
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Substitution[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
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}}
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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}}
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Errors[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
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[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
Currently, this template may not be used more than once within list-defined references. Doing so will result in Cite errors; see bug 20707.
See also[ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ]
| Group name | Reference list template | In-text citation template |
|---|---|---|
| {{reflist}} | ||
| {{reflist}} | {{refn}} for nested references | |
| lower-alpha | {{notelist}} | {{efn}} |
| upper-alpha | {{notelist-ua}} | {{efn-ua}} |
| lower-roman | {{notelist-lr}} | {{efn-lr}} |