Template:Ref: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:38, 18 February 2026

A shortcut for creating a reference in an article. Call this with the syntax {{ref|note=Text of your reference.}} to place a ref in an article, and then list the references at the end of the article using Template:Reflist.

If you plan to list the article's references in separate groups at the bottom of the article, use the "group" parameter to assign refs to each group: {{ref|group=group_name|note=Text of your reference.}}. See Oni for an example of using Ref and Reflist to do this.

If you want your references to use letters instead of numbers, use {{ref|alpha=yes|note=Text of your reference.}}. See Quotes/Manual for an example of how to use Ref and Reflist to do this.

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    #if:{{{name|}}}
    |{{
-     #if:{{{group|}}}
+     #ifeq:{{{alpha}}}
-    |{{#tag:ref|{{{1}}}|name={{{name}}}|group={{{group}}}}}
+    |yes
-    |{{#tag:ref|{{{1}}}|name={{{name}}}}}
+    |{{#tag:ref|{{{note|}}}|name={{{name}}}|group=lower-alpha}}
+    |{{
+      #if:{{{group|}}}
+      |{{#tag:ref|{{{note|}}}|name={{{name}}}|group={{{group}}}}}
+      |{{#tag:ref|{{{note|}}}|name={{{name}}}}}
+     }}
     }}
    |{{
-     #if:{{{group|}}}
+     #ifeq:{{{alpha}}}
-    |{{#tag:ref|{{{1}}}|group={{{group}}}}}
+    |yes
-    |{{#tag:ref|{{{1}}}}}
+    |{{#tag:ref|{{{note|}}}|group=lower-alpha}}
+    |{{
+      #if:{{{group|}}}
+      |{{#tag:ref|{{{note|}}}|group={{{group}}}}}
+      |{{#tag:ref|{{{note|}}}}}
+     }}
     }}
 }}</includeonly><noinclude>
-A shortcut for creating a reference in an article. Call this with the syntax <tt><nowiki>{{ref|Text of your reference.}}</nowiki></tt> to place a ref in an article, and then list the references at the end of the article using [[Template:Reflist]]. If the text that you pass in contains a '=' or '|' (pipe), you need to escape them because they have special meanings in template calls. The equals sign is escaped with the use of <tt><nowiki>{{=}}</nowiki></tt> and the pipe with <tt><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></tt>.
+A shortcut for creating a reference in an article. Call this with the syntax <tt><nowiki>{{ref|note=Text of your reference.}}</nowiki></tt> to place a ref in an article, and then list the references at the end of the article using [[Template:Reflist]].
-If you want to only list ref tags in a certain group, use the "group" parameter: <tt><nowiki>{{ref|group=group_name|Text of your reference.}}</nowiki></tt>. See [[Oni]] for an example usage.
+If you plan to list the article's references in separate groups at the bottom of the article, use the "group" parameter to assign refs to each group: <tt><nowiki>{{ref|group=group_name|note=Text of your reference.}}</nowiki></tt>. See [[Oni]] for an example of using Ref and Reflist to do this.
-If you want your references to use letters instead of numbers, use <tt><nowiki>{{ref|alpha=yes|Text of your reference.}}</nowiki></tt>.
+If you want your references to use letters instead of numbers, use <tt><nowiki>{{ref|alpha=yes|note=Text of your reference.}}</nowiki></tt>. See [[Quotes/Manual]] for an example of how to use Ref and Reflist to do this.
 [[Category:Basic formatting templates]]</noinclude>