Help:Cite

Cite makes it possible to add footnotes to a page.

Use
Two HTML-style tags are used to define and show footnotes.

; Single use footnotes are defined by enclosing content within : :content

A footnote used multiple times may be defined with a name: :content

To invoke a named footnote: :</ref name="foo"></>

Footnotes may be defined in groups: <tvar|1>:</ref group="foo">content</>

Names and groups may not be a numeric integer. The quotes are optional unless the name includes a space, punctuation or other mark. It is recommended that names be kept simple and restricted to the ASCII character set.

<tvar|1>;</> To display the reference list, after all of the <tvar|2></ref></> tags, include: <tvar|3>:</>

To display footnotes defined in a group. include: <tvar|1>:</references group="foo"></>

Error messages
If the <tvar|1></> or <tvar|2></> tags are used incorrectly, the Cite extension will add an error message to the page. These messages will usually be in <<tvar|3>strong class="error"</>>bold red text</<tvar|4>strong</>>. This section lists the error messages and explains how to fix the problems.

Technical information
Internal messages are generated by the <tvar|1></> extension and shown as a MediaWiki message. See the Parser hooks section of <tvar|2>Special:Version</> for the installed version of Cite.php. These messages are in the MediaWiki namespace and can be modified only by admins.