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The cause of the issue can be varies. Often times, it will be due to | The cause of the issue can be varies. Often times, it will be due to | ||
*The omission of {{para|ref|harv}} in a {{cite xxx}} template (those are automatic in the case of a {{tl|citation}}) | *The omission of {{para|ref|harv}} in a {{cite xxx}} template (those are automatic in the case of a {{tl|citation}}) | ||
| − | *The authors or year are missing/mismatched, or the footnote template is wrongly used | + | *The authors or year are missing/mismatched, or the footnote template is wrongly used. For example, <code><nowiki>{{sfn|Smith & Hunter (2010)|p=12}}</nowiki></code> should (in most cases) be <code><nowiki>{{sfn|Smith|Hunter|2010|p=12}}</nowiki></code>. The exact syntax varies with the templates used, so some investigation might be required. |
*The full citation is completely missing | *The full citation is completely missing | ||
Revision as of 15:40, 21 February 2020
| This is a documentation subpage for Template:Broken footnote. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Usage
To be used to flag broken footnotes with {{sfn|broken footnote}}. For instance
This is a sentence with a working footnote.[1] This is another sentence, this one with a broken footnote.[2][broken footnote] This is a third sentence, again with a broken footnote.[3][broken footnote]
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Smith, John (2008). Book of Stuff. Foobar.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Smith, John; Hunter, Sally (2010). Another Book of Stuff. Foobar.
The cause of the issue can be varies. Often times, it will be due to
- The omission of
|ref=harvin a{{cite xxx}}template (those are automatic in the case of a {{citation}}) - The authors or year are missing/mismatched, or the footnote template is wrongly used. For example,
{{sfn|Smith & Hunter (2010)|p=12}}should (in most cases) be{{sfn|Smith|Hunter|2010|p=12}}. The exact syntax varies with the templates used, so some investigation might be required. - The full citation is completely missing
See also
- User:Ucucha/HarvErrors.js – a user script which detects several classes of Harvard citation errors. It will, however, throw additional warnings, which are not errors.