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The Wikipedia footnotes system uses the Cite.php software extension to generate references. MediaWiki messages are then used to format the display of the inline links and the references.

Elements

  • Inline link: the link shown by the content enclosed in <ref>...</ref>; shown in superscript and enclosed in brackets; coded in the MediaWiki message as $2
  • Backlink: the link shown in the references section; a single link is shown as a caret; coded as $2
  • Backlink label: multiple backlinks are shown as a caret followed alpha character labels
  • ID: a unique HTML ID that does not show; coded as $1
  • Reference content: the content enclosed in <ref>...</ref> that shows in the reference list; coded as $3

Messages

MediaWiki interface page Use Current
Cite reference link format inline link <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">[$3]</syntaxhighlight>
  1. ref ID: Cite reference link prefix + reference name + numeric starting with 0
  2. backlink ID
  3. count to display
Cite references link many format reference with multiple backlinks <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">
  • ^ $2 $3
    • </syntaxhighlight>
    1. backlink ID
    2. list of links
    3. text of note
    Cite references link many and <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1"> </syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references link many format <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">$2</syntaxhighlight>
    1. ref ID
    2. numeric value to use as a backlink
    3. custom value to use as a backlink as defined in MediaWiki:Cite references link many format backlink labels
    Cite references link many format backlink labels backlink labels used in the reference list currently from a to azz
    Cite references link many sep <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1"> </syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references link one format reference with single backlink <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">
  • ^ $3
    • </syntaxhighlight>
    1. backlink ID - used for creating the number order of the source list.
    2. ref ID - used to link back to the actual reference in the text
    3. text of note - text used above describing the source info
    Cite references prefix prefix for <references /> <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite references prefix</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references suffix suffix for <references /> <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite references suffix</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite reference link key with num <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite reference link key with num</syntaxhighlight>
    1. key
    2. num
    Cite reference link prefix inline link prefix <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite reference link prefix</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite reference link suffix inline link suffix <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite reference link suffix</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references link prefix reference list link prefix <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite references link prefix</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references link suffix reference list link suffix <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite references link suffix</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references no link <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">MediaWiki:Cite references no link</syntaxhighlight>
    Cite references link many accessibility label accessibility label for screen readers <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" class="" style="" inline="1">Jump up to:</syntaxhighlight>

    Classes and CSS

    Class .reference formats the inline link; defined in Common.css

    <syntaxhighlight lang="css"> /* Ensure refs in table headers and the like aren't bold or italic */ sup.reference { 

       font-weight: normal;
   font-style: normal;

    }

    /* Prevent line breaks in silly places: 

      3) Ref tags with group names Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

    Named [1]

    Named reference used again [1]

    1. ^ 1.0 1.1 This is a named reference

    </syntaxhighlight>

    Which shows as

    Unnamed [1]

    Named [2]

    Named reference used again [2]

    1. ^ This is an unnamed reference
    2. ^ 2.0 2.1 This is a named reference

    Which renders as

    The MediaWiki messages are combined to form the HTML output

    <syntaxhighlight lang="html">

    Unnamed <a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>

    Named <a href="#cite_note-named-1" title="">[2]</a>

    Named reference used again <a href="#cite_note-named-1" title="">[2]</a>

    1. <a href="#cite_ref-0" title="">^</a> This is an unnamed reference
    2. ^ <a href="#cite_ref-named_1-0" title="">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-named_1-1" title="">b</a> This is a named reference

    </syntaxhighlight>

    If citation templates are used, they will inject other classes and ids into the HTML output.

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