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^ Cite error: The named reference foo was invoked but never defined (see the help page). Cite error: A list-defined reference with the name "foo" has been invoked, but is not defined in the <references> tag (see the help page ).
Names must be unique. You may not use the same name to define different groups or footnotes. Try to avoid picking a name that someone else is likely to choose for a new citation, such as ":0" or "NYT". Please consider keeping reference names short, simple, and restricted to the standard English alphabet and numerals. If spaces are used, the ...
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.
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.
This normally shows a cite error, unless it is the last footnote on the page. Normally, this would then suppress the <references /> tag, generating an error, but the message for a missing <references /> tag is suppressed on non-article pages. refTools will catch this problem.
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 }}
If two or more calls to {} use the same citation parameters, that is, if the author(s), year, and page number(s) are all identical, but there is some other difference, such as a use of pp= vs p=, or a use of ps= in one but not the other, this issue will arise.
A list-defined reference uses a group name that is not used within any <ref>...</ref> tags.; An explanatory note template such as {{}} is used inside <ref>...</ref ...