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The basic use of the ref and note templates is just choosing a one word descriptive <name> for your reference and: put {{ref | <name>}} where you want the footnote number to be; put a numbered list at the bottom of your document # {{note | <name>}}, for automatic numbering of your footnotes. Use a separate note template for each reference template.
The dagger usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. [1] A third footnote employs the double dagger. [5] Additional footnotes are somewhat inconsistent and represented by a variety of symbols, e.g., parallels ( ‖), section sign §, and the pilcrow ¶ – some of which were nonexistent in early modern typography.
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If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Footnote templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.
Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status; Affected area: 1: Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section: Line: optional: Reason: reason: A description of the issue, to add to the end of the text in the generated tag. Example
The note templates place notes into an article, and the ref templates place labeled references to the notes, with the labels normally hyperlinks for navigating from a ref to a corresponding note and back from the note to the ref. The label pair of templates are similar to the pair without the label name, but with more features.
This page explains how to create the Footnotes section for Wikipedia articles. In this context, the word "Footnotes" refers to the Wikipedia-specific manner of documenting an article's sources and providing tangential information, and should not be confused with the general concept of footnotes .
To create the underlined arrows like the one that took you here place a {{note}} template followed by the correct word description for the given information. Place the reference material you are referring to after the completed {{note}} template, and ensure that the {{ref}} and {{note}} templates are correctly linking to each other by checking ...