Template:Refref/doc

This template is intended to assist users at the help desk, AfC help desk, the Teahouse, for replying to {{Help me}} requests and at other fora, where the basics of providing inline citations needs to be explained. It provides a visual guide to inline citations that some users may respond better to than a text explanation alone.

Usage

• This template may be transcluded or substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus you may use {{subst:Refref}} rather than {{Refref}}. However, given the quantity of code in this template, transclusion may be preferable to substitution.
• The template does not include automatic signing. Please remember to sign by typing four tildes (~~~~) after the template syntax (or at the end of your accompanying post to which this template may be an add-on).
• This template is collapsed by default. If you wish to disable this, substitute or transclude {{Refref/core}} instead.

Sister template

A more basic sister template exists at {{Refref2}}. It contains only the visual elements of this one, i.e., without the text explanation portion, and given its smaller footprint, is neither collapsed by default, nor hidden using a header bar. For comparison, the sister template's output is shown below:

Formatting references using inline citations

Inline citation code; what you type in 'edit mode'	What it produces when you save
Two separate citations.‎<ref>Citation text.‎</ref>‎<ref>Citation text2.‎</ref> Multiple‎<ref name="multiple">Citation text3.‎</ref> citation‎<ref name="multiple" /> use.‎<ref name="multiple" /> References {{reflist}}	Two separate citations. Multiple citation use. References
Templates that can be used between ‎<ref>...‎</ref> tags to format your references {{Citation}} {{Cite web}} {{Cite book}} {{Cite news}} {{Cite journal}} Others Examples