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There are several predefined groups that can have a reference list styled so that the label (a superscripted character within square brackets, e.g., ) of a note or citation (aka footnote, reference) matches and links to the note marker label located in the main text and the label in front of the note's text in the appropriate group's list. There can be more than one of these groups' lists in the Notes, References and other similarly purposed sections.

These predefined note and citation groups have templates that make the wikitext markup simpler. These templates also allow a standard reference to be inserted, so that an explanatory note can have a reference, or citations can be nested.

Note: If the note's text has a reference name that is used more than once, the labels will still match, but the clickable alpha characters that toggle the note's display will be next to the note's label, with links to the multiple locations of its marker in the main text. See WP:REFNAME and the first point below in § Issues.

Template use by reference group type



 * supports name and group, which work the same as the parameters in . Do not enclose values in quotes.
 * supports the column parameter, refs and group, which work the same as the parameters in . Do not enclose values in quotes.

In these examples, the footnote labels match between the footnote marker and the reference list:

Issues

 * Multiple backlink labels (see WP:REFNAME) are always styled as lower-alpha. This can be confusing when is used. See the note in the introduction of this section, above.
 * The entries in the reference list will show the default decimal styling if:
 * The value for group in or  does not exactly match one of the predefined values; use  or variant as group will not be needed.
 * The value for group in or  is enclosed by quotes; use  or variant as group will not be needed.
 * is indented with the : markup.
 * is used instead of
 * The entries in the reference list will have no styling if:
 * A reference is included in or one of the variants and the style is set to  ; to resolve this, replace the style with.
 * If the note text contains an "=" sign, precede the note text with 1, like this: