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See Help talk:Cite errors/Testcases1 for an example. Cons: Creates a separate references section that may not be obvious; does not allow reuse of the references within the body of the article. Tools
A list-defined reference has an invalid name. Ensure the footnote name is formatted properly. More than one use of {{}} or #tag:ref within list defined references. You can only use {{}} or #tag:ref once as a list-defined reference.
Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page). Reference 1</ref> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. [ 1 ]
When a named reference is defined and invoked multiple times, a series of labeled backlinks are added to the entry in the reference list. These labels are defined at MediaWiki:Cite references link many format backlink labels; currently there are 4082 labels defined from a to ezz.
Names for footnotes and groups must follow these rules: Names are case-sensitive. Please do not use raNdOM capitalization. Names must not be purely numeric; the software will accept something like ":31337" (which is punctuation plus a number), but it will ignore "31337" (purely numeric).
If the reference name includes characters other than standard English alphabet and numerals, then those characters will be dot encoded. That is, the characters will be converted to ASCII hexadecimal and shown with a period before them.
Misusing a template that was never intended as a citation template and placing it in <ref> tags may cause this issue. A template that creates <ref> tags; known instances: {{ Certification Cite Ref }}
Check the article's edit history for recent edits that may have removed or disabled an existing {{}} template. Undoing or correcting an erroneous edit may bring back the reference list and fix other problems as well.