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(That is no longer important since citation bot stopped adding it)
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(edited headings etc. to be more similar to other cleanup template documentation such as Template:No footnotes/doc and Template:More footnotes needed/doc; edited examples, since parenthetical referencing was deprecated in September 2020 per WP:PARREF; added links to #See also section)
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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]].
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* 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.
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== Examples ==
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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:
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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>}}
  
=== Example ===
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{{Reflist-talk}}
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</blockquote>
  
Use in an article with citations like:
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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.
  
<blockquote>Australia has a government [http://www.australia.gov.au/ Australian Government].</blockquote>
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=== Embedded link ===
  
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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<sup>see footnote 1</sup></blockquote>
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or:
  
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<blockquote>{{em|Incorrect}}: {{!xt|Australia has a government.[http://www.australia.gov.au/]}}</blockquote>
  
A standard, correct way of formatting this citation would be:
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=== Manual number ===
  
<blockquote>Australia has a government ([[WP:PAREN|Australian Government Press Agency, 2009]]).
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<blockquote>{{em|Incorrect}}: {{!xt|Australia has a government<sup>see footnote 1</sup>}}</blockquote>
  
</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]].
  
<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>
  
{{Reflist-talk}}
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== See also ==
</blockquote>
 
  
=== See also ===
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* [[Help: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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Revision as of 16:24, 17 September 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.

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

See also

  1. Australian Government Press Agency (25 November 2009). "Australian Government". Retrieved 25 November 2009.