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==Footnotes: predefined groups==<br />
{{shortcut|H:PREGROUP|WP:EXPLNOTE}}<br />
{{for|technical details|Help:Cite link labels}}<br />
{{for|Shortened footnotes with explanatory footnotes|Help:Shortened footnotes#Explanatory notes}}<br />
{{See also|Wikipedia:Citing sources#Variation in citation methods|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Notes and references}}<br />
<section begin=pregroup /><!--this section is used as the documentation for the efn/notelist templates-->{{anchor|footnotes_predefined_groups}}<br />
There are several predefined groups that can have a reference list styled so that the label (a superscripted character within square brackets, e.g., {{dummy ref|1}}) of an [[Help:Explanatory notes|explanatory note]] or citation ({{aka}} footnote, reference) matches and links to the note marker label located in the main text and the label in front of the note's text in the appropriate group's list. There can be [[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Separating citations from explanatory footnotes|more than one of these groups' lists]] in the Notes, References and other similarly purposed sections.<br />
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These predefined note and citation groups have templates that make the [[wikitext]] markup simpler. These templates also allow a standard reference to be inserted, so that an explanatory note can have a reference, or citations can be nested.<br />
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'''Note:''' If the note's text has a reference name that is used more than once, the labels will still match, but the clickable alpha characters (superscript lowercase letters like <sup>'''''a b c'''''</sup>) will be ''next to'' the note's label, with links to the multiple locations of its marker in the main text. See [[Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: using a source more than once|WP:REFNAME]] and the first point below in [[#Issues|§&nbsp;Issues]].<br />
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===Template use by reference group type===<br />
<section begin=pregrouptable /><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;"<br />
! Group type !! Footnote marker template<br/>or markup !! Reference list<br/> template !! Sample labels<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|''none by default,<br>but optionally any'' || {{tag|ref}}<br />
|rowspan=3| {{tlx|reflist}}<br />
|rowspan=3| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />
|-<br />
| {{tlx|r}} (for nested references)<br />
|-<br />
| {{tlx|refn}} (for nested references)<br />
|-<br />
| lower-alpha || {{ubl| {{tlx|efn}} | {{tlx|efn-la}} }} || {{ubl| {{tlx|notelist}} | {{tlx|notelist-la}} }} || a b c d e f g h i j<br />
|-<br />
| upper-alpha || {{tlx|efn-ua}} || {{tlx|notelist-ua}} || A B C D E F G H I J<br />
|-<br />
| lower-roman || {{tlx|efn-lr}} || {{tlx|notelist-lr}} || i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x<br />
|-<br />
| upper-roman || {{tlx|efn-ur}} || {{tlx|notelist-ur}} || I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X<br />
|-<br />
| lower-greek || {{tlx|efn-lg}} || {{tlx|notelist-lg}} || α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ<br />
|-<br />
|note || {{ubl| {{tlx|NoteTag}} | {{tlx|efn-num}} }} || {{ubl| {{tlx|NoteFoot}} | {{tlx|notelist-num}} }} || note 1 note 2 note 3<br />
|}<section end="pregrouptable" /><br />
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* {{tlx|efn}} supports {{para|name}}, which works the same as the parameter in {{tag|ref|o}} (see, for instance, the 4th and 5th examples below). It also supports {{para|group}}, which functions similarly to the parameter of the same name in {{tag|ref|o}} but accepts only 'lower-alpha', 'upper-alpha', 'lower-roman', 'upper-roman', 'lower-greek', or 'note'. Do not enclose values in quotes.<br />
* {{tlx|notelist}} supports the {{para|colwidth}} and {{para|refs}} parameters, which work the same as the same parameters in {{tlx|reflist}}, and {{para|group}}, which works similarly to the parameter of the same name in {{tlx|efn}}. Do not enclose values in quotes.<br />
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In these examples, the footnote labels match between the footnote marker and the reference list:<br />
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{{markup|title=With lower-alpha labels<br />
|<nowiki>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|Footnote 3}}<br />
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{{notelist}}<br />
</nowiki><br />
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|Footnote 3}}<br />
<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{markup|title=With lower-roman labels<br />
|<nowiki>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn-lr|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn-lr|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn-lr|Footnote 3}}<br />
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{{notelist-lr}}<br />
</nowiki><br />
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn-lr|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn-lr|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn-lr|Footnote 3}}<br />
{{notelist-lr}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{markup|title=With {{para|group}} and multiple types<br />
|<nowiki>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|group=lower-roman|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|lower-alpha|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|group=lower-roman|Footnote 3}}<br />
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Notes: <br />
{{notelist|group=lower-roman}}<br />
Refs: <br />
{{notelist|group=lower-alpha}}<br />
</nowiki><br />
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|group=lower-roman|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|group=lower-alpha|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|group=lower-roman|Footnote 3}}<br />
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Notes:<br />
{{notelist|group=lower-roman}}<br />
Refs:<br />
{{notelist|group=lower-alpha}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{markup|title=With named references<br />
|<nowiki>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|name=fn1|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|name=fn1}}<br />
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{{notelist}}<br />
</nowiki><br />
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|name=fn1|Footnote 1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|Footnote 2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|name=fn1}}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Note''': With named references you only need to add the details once. For each use after the first you just need to re-use the reference name. Doing this will not cause the inline superscript to display a custom name.<br />
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{{markup|title=Named references can also be defined in the notelist<br />
|<nowiki>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|name=fn1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|name=fn2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|name=fn1}}<br />
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{{notelist|refs=<br />
{{efn|name=fn1|Very long footnote 1}}<br />
{{efn|name=fn2|Very long footnote 2}}<br />
}}<br />
</nowiki><br />
|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{efn|name=fn1}} Consectetur adipisicing elit.{{efn|name=fn2}} Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.{{efn|name=fn1}}<br />
{{notelist|refs=<br />
{{efn|name=fn1|Very long footnote 1}}<br />
{{efn|name=fn2|Very long footnote 2}}<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{collapsed top|title=Currently broken; see {{section link|MediaWiki talk:Common.css|&lt;references /&gt; groups}}.}}<br />
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[[WP:LDR|List-defined footnotes]] are incompatible with Visual Editor. {{tl|notelist}} is a simply a wrapper for {{tl|reflist}}, which is a wrapper for {{tag|references|s}}. Explanatory footnotes can be used with the raw tag (which ''is'' compatible with Visual Editor) by specifying the correct group name, for example:<br />
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<pre><br />
<references group="lower-alpha"><br />
<ref name="name1">Content</ref><br />
<ref name="name2">Content</ref><br />
</references><br />
</pre><br />
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{{tl|refwidth}} can be used to set column widths.<br />
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