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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 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 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

Latest revision as of 20:34, 24 April 2020

Usage

To be used to flag broken footnotes with {{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.
  • 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 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.