Template talk:Ref

NOTE: This template and its usage description were copied from Wikipedia:Template:Ref on 4 June 2005. Subsequent changes to the original will not be reflected here.

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The {{ref|}} and {{note|}} templates are used for linking to references elsewhere in an article.

Usage

In an article, a reference link to supporting material can be made with the {{ref|}} template. A link to the reference's footnote will appear. At present it will appear as a small number.

A significant advantage of using this method is that the reference contains a named link which allows recovery from various edit problems. Otherwise, connections to references can be lost if only numbers are used and editors alter footnote numbers.

• For multiple references to the same work it is suggested the page number be used to make each reference unique, i.e. {{ref|Jones1954a-25}}.
• For journal articles it is suggested a reference similar to AuthorYear be used, i.e. {{ref|Jones1954a}}.

References (example for Usage)

1. ^  This is a footnote with supporting material to the above reference. The {{note|}} template presently creates a small symbol which contains a link back up to the reference. Readers thus have links back and forth within the text. The number at the beginning of this line was created with the Wiki notation # at the beginning of the line, which only displays a numbered list. The matching number is not necessary, and w:Wikipedia:Cite sources suggests using the bulleted list notation: *

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