Template talk:Ref

message: I would say that the  markup tag seems to have superceded the  template tag for use in the body of the text (not for tables, etc.). 
Example:  
:::Article section heading  
:::Body text about something Some annotation text goes here..  
:::More body text about something else.    
:::Notes section heading
:::
Code:  
:::  == Article ==    
:::  Body text about something <ref group="note">Some annotation text goes here..    
:::  == Notes ==    
:::  More body text about something else.      
:::    
—DIV (138.194.12.32 (talk) 08:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the Wikipedia:Footnote3 system has been long deprecated. The  group notes are intrusive when used in tables, navboxes and other elements, thus the continued use of ref/note. There is an update to cite.php that has not yet been implemented that would add alpha and custom labels; see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (footnotes)/Cite link labels. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 12:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  <nowiki><ref group="note"></nowiki> markup tag 

message: New feature discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Cite.php: Custom cite links. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 15:41, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Custom cite links 

message: As previously announced, we now have a way to change the labels in citations. This is now implemented and documented. For example, using the group name of "lower-alpha", the cite labels will use lower case alpha characters.
05/08	4266	7828	7282	1105	224	161	916	506	231	4127	6190	6487	1139	241	205	1165	478	301
Other styles are decimal, lower-greek and lower-roman. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 15:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cite label styles 

message: If there is no second parameter, then this markup is invoked:
This causes the full page URL to be used. When you click on the link generated by , the entire page reloads and jumps to the matching . If you are in edit mode and testing the link, this kicks you out of edit mode. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 03:49, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page reloads 

message: Shouldn't Template:Note have  as in template:Ref? Helder 22:17, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing anchorencode? 

message: I see there is a difference of opinion on ids. If the id is duplicated, then the markup is invalid. The backlink is also ambiguous- some browsers will back link to the first in-text cite, others to the last. See the .
--— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:53, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicate ids 

message: Is there a method in Template: Note that allows it to be used similarly to:
((reflist|width|refs=list of references))? As in the "refs=" part, where you can add various notes there, keeping them out of the body text but linking to them in the text. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 18:04, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of notes? 

message: It would really help if the documentation for  (and possibly also for  and ) would not just state that "This is no longer the recommended method of citing sources." (and point to Wikipedia:Citing sources and Help:Footnotes), but if it would also mention  and/or . Editors - like me - who are looking for a way to add notes, either by entering Template:Note in the address bar or by searching for 'Wikipedia note template' via Google, end up at . --82.136.210.153 (talk) 14:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note vs. Notelist+Efn 

message: Please add the following hatnote:  to avoid confusion for new users.
<<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> (talk) 20:41, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: -- John of Reading (talk) 21:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 1 January 2016 

message: Looking for the correct code to include an inline reference to a book, I began at: Wikipedia:Template messages (Sources, citations, references).
That then took me to:  Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles (Citations for footnotes and for linking).
From there I was directed here ... to an obsolete/deprecated piece of code!  Obviously not helpful.
Would someone skilled in the art please sort out the links so they lead to CURRENT recommended code for generating inline references?  
Thanks.
LookingGlass (talk) 10:41, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed that section from Wikipedia:Template_messages/Sources of articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:37, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead end trail 

message: The beginning of article has this error (^). 153.136.163.186 (talk) 00:34, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Which article? And I suggest you post at the Wikipedia:Help desk rather than here, since more helpers are watching for questions there. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:08, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Text error

message: Please change
<noinclude>
to
<noinclude>
since  is another similarly named template with a very different function. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:47, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:56, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 15 March 2019 

message: The capitalization of ref/Ref and note/Note is very inconsistent and sometimes misleading (I could explain if desired).  Would it not be better to make this uniform? Clean Copytalk 15:27, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization 

message: Grammatically, I suggest changing (in the backlink section):
 "Complementary parameter" means a - may either forgo this parameter or must both have it.
to
 "Complementary parameter" means a - may either forgo this parameter or both must have it.
Clean Copytalk 15:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why talk I like this? 

message: I noticed that both references and notes look the same in superscript, such that [1] and [1] will show look identical on the same page yet refer to different things, one a ref, one a note. I'm not proposing a solution, but it does seem like something that could be improved, and if anyone HAS a solution, please propose it! Thmazing (talk) 07:20, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refs vs Notes 

message: I suggest that the documentation be updated to mention when this template should be used. Thus far, it is appropriately emphatic about when it should not be used, namely in article body text for citations. However, it remains the best option for templates with large blocks of content which require a separate footnote scheme, such as Template:Unicode chart Latin Extended-A. Daask (talk) 22:58, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested uses 

message: Did it ever work on mobile? Some templates make footnotes with this template still. The links don't work on mobile though. Something is going wrong with the JavaScript popup. Making the links more straightforward will likely fix the issue, although these won't offer the footnote popup on mouseover for desktop, Rjjiii (talk) 01:35, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: also doesn't work on mobile. I've edited the sandboxes and will make some testcases. Rjjiii (talk) 08:09, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  This doesn't work on mobile