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This template adds semantic tags to exclude selected text from an article when it is rendered into a digital document such as a PDF or DjVu file, or printed, either through the "Printable version" or the "Create a book" links on the side bar. It is used to hide elements that make no sense in print such as "Click the name of a town on the map ...
Ensure all <ref>...</ref> tags appear before the reference list. Less common: A template such as a navbox may have <ref>...</ref> tags within it. {{Template reference list}} can be used in this case — see the documentation. Less common: Redirect pages should have no content other than the redirect, a redirect template and possibly a category.
Simply add {{reflist|group=groupname}} to the end of the article under the section title "References", usually between "See also" and "External links". The $1 in the message shown above will be replaced with the groupname. There are predefined group names that use templates for the in-text citation and for the reference list.
When then viewing the page, {{foo}} is automatically replaced by the content of the page "Template:foo". If the page "Template:foo" is later altered, all the pages with {{foo}} in them will change automatically. Among other things, templates are used to add recurring messages to pages in a consistent way, to add boilerplate messages, and to ...
The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
You can also put in the ISBN, co-author names, page numbers and such; see citing sources. That's it! You're done. When editing, you'll see your reference next to the text; but after saving, readers will only see a reference number there; your reference should appear below. Good luck!
The citation template then creates an anchor using an HTML id manually or automatically formatted as CITEREF followed by the author last name(s) and the year. For citations without an author, the anchor can be customized. Anchor support across citation templates is not standardized, and not all templates support anchors.
The template is used to identify claims in articles, particularly if questionable, that lack a citation to a reliable source. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} String suggested Reason ...