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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
^ 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 ).
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.
Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). </ref> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
This is especially true when editing on the mobile version of Wikipedia, since the editing tools are scaled down to improve performance, so you can't just click on the correct code under the edit window. Remember, to use any troubleshooting help page successfully, double-check any error-causing wikitext against every single piece of the example ...
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 ]
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.