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=== Usage ===
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== When to use ==
  
Use {{Tlx|Format footnotes|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} to alert editors to articles with improperly formatted or non-formatted citations.
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This template indicates that the article uses many improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations that require large-scale conversion to an [[WP:INLINECITE|accepted form of inline citation]].
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== How to use ==
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To add this template to an article, copy and paste:
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* {{tlx|{{PAGENAME}}|<nowiki>{{subst:DATE}}</nowiki>}}
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:or
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* {{tlx|{{PAGENAME}}|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
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Both options result in the same output.
  
 
* This template will add the page to [[:Category:Articles needing footnote reformatting]] and [[:Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify]].
 
* This template will add the page to [[:Category:Articles needing footnote reformatting]] and [[:Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify]].
 
 
* A [[WP:BOT|bot]] will add the date for you at a later time if you forgot.
 
* A [[WP:BOT|bot]] will add the date for you at a later time if you forgot.
  
=== Example ===
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== Examples ==
  
Use in an article with citations like:
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A standard, correct way of formatting the following citations (with some acceptable variations as described at [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]) would be:
  
<blockquote>Australia has a government [http://www.australia.gov.au/ Australian Government].</blockquote>
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<blockquote>{{em|Correct}}: {{xt|Australia has a government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australia.gov.au/ |title=Australian Government |author=Australian Government Press Agency |date=25 November 2009 |accessdate=25 November 2009}}</ref>}}
  
or
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</blockquote>
  
<blockquote>Australia has a government<sup>see footnote 1</sup></blockquote>
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The following are examples of improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations. This template is appropriate for articles that contain many such citations, therefore requiring large-scale conversion.
  
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=== Embedded link ===
  
A standard, correct way of formatting this citation would be:
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<blockquote>{{em|Incorrect}}: {{!xt|Australia has a government [http://www.australia.gov.au/ Australian Government].}}</blockquote>
  
<blockquote>Australia has a government ([[WP:PAREN|Australian Government Press Agency, 2009]]).
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or:
  
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>{{em|Incorrect}}: {{!xt|Australia has a government.[http://www.australia.gov.au/]}}</blockquote>
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=== Manual number ===
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<blockquote>{{em|Incorrect}}: {{!xt|Australia has a government<sup>see footnote 1</sup>}}</blockquote>
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=== Parenthetical reference ===
  
or:
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Inline [[Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing|parenthetical referencing]] was a previously accepted citation system that is now [[Deprecation|deprecated]] per [[WP:PARREF]]. The recommendation is to convert inline parenthetical references to [[Help:Shortened footnotes|shortened footnotes]] (as depicted below) or [[Help:Footnotes|regular footnotes]] (as depicted in the first example above) or [[Help:List-defined references|footnotes with list-defined references]].
  
<blockquote>Australia has a government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australia.gov.au/ |title=Australian Government |author=Australian Government Press Agency |date=25 November 2009 |accessdate=25 November 2009}}</ref>
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<blockquote>{{em|Incorrect}}: {{!xt|Australia has a government (Australian Government Press Agency, 2009).}}</blockquote>
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<blockquote>{{em|Correct}}: {{xt|Australia has a government.{{sfn |Davidson |Court |2011 |p=1}}}}
  
 
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{{Reflist-talk}}
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::;Sources
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::*{{cite book |last=Davidson |first=Hazel |last2=Court |first2=Dorothy |title=Australian Government  |publication-place=Chapel Hill, Qld |publisher=Sugarbag on Damper |year=2011 |isbn=9780975759387  |oclc=697121237}}
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</blockquote>
 
</blockquote>
  
=== See also ===
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== See also ==
* {{tl|Inconsistent citations}}
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* [[Help:Footnotes]]
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* [[Help:List-defined references]]
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* [[Help:Shortened footnotes]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources/Example edits for different methods]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup]]
  
 
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{{Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates}}
  
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Latest revision as of 04:27, 19 December 2020

When to use

This template indicates that the article uses many improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations that require large-scale conversion to an accepted form of inline citation.

How to use

To add this template to an article, copy and paste:

or

Both options result in the same output.

Examples

A standard, correct way of formatting the following citations (with some acceptable variations as described at Wikipedia:Citing sources) would be:

Correct: Australia has a government.[1]

Template:Reflist-talk

The following are examples of improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations. This template is appropriate for articles that contain many such citations, therefore requiring large-scale conversion.

Embedded link

Incorrect: Australia has a government Australian Government.

or:

Incorrect: Australia has a government.[1]

Manual number

Incorrect: Australia has a governmentsee footnote 1

Parenthetical reference

Inline parenthetical referencing was a previously accepted citation system that is now deprecated per WP:PARREF. The recommendation is to convert inline parenthetical references to shortened footnotes (as depicted below) or regular footnotes (as depicted in the first example above) or footnotes with list-defined references.

Incorrect: Australia has a government (Australian Government Press Agency, 2009).

Correct: Australia has a government.[2]

Template:Reflist-talk

Sources
  • Davidson, Hazel; Court, Dorothy (2011). Australian Government. Chapel Hill, Qld: Sugarbag on Damper. ISBN 9780975759387. OCLC 697121237.

See also

  1. Australian Government Press Agency (25 November 2009). "Australian Government". Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  2. Davidson & Court 2011, p. 1.