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| − | == Usage == | + | ==Usage== |
| − | Use this template to create a reference list in an article | + | Use this template to create a reference list in small font for an article. Note that there is no consensus that small font size should always be used for all references; when normal-sized font is more appropriate on an article, use <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> instead. |
If used with no parameters, it will produce a reference list with a single column. | If used with no parameters, it will produce a reference list with a single column. | ||
| − | === | + | ===Font size=== |
| − | + | The font size should reduce to 90% for most browsers, but may show at 100% for Internet Explorer and possibly other browsers. Reflist uses one CSS entry in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] to set the font size: | |
| − | + | * <code>.references-small { font-size: 90%;}</code> | |
| − | + | There is another CSS entry: | |
| + | |||
| + | * <code>ol.references { font-size: 100%;}</code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Although Reflist does not use this CSS, some browsers may honor it over the references-small CSS, especially Internet Explorer, thus showing the font size at 100%. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Editors may over-ride these settings by placing entries in their personal CSS. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Multiple columns=== | ||
| + | Using <code>{{tlx|reflist|2}}</code> will create a two-column reference list, and <code>{{tlx|reflist|3}}</code> will create a three-column list. Three-column lists are inaccessible to users with smaller/laptop monitors and should be avoided. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Using <code>{{tlx|reflist|colwidth{{=}}30em}}</code> will allow the browser to automatically choose the number of columns based on the width of the web browser. Choose a column width that is appropriate for the average width of the references on the page. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Browser support==== | ||
| + | Multiple columns are generated by using [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS3]], which is still in development; thus only browsers that properly support the multi-column selector will show multiple columns.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2006-11-24|date=[[2005-12-30]]|title=CSS3 Multi-Column Thriller|url=http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css3_multi-column_thriller.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/|title=CSS3 module: Multi-column layout|publisher=[[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]]|date=[[2005-12-15]]|accessdate=2006-11-24}}</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[Mozilla Firefox]] and other [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]]-based browsers support multiple columns with two caveats: | ||
| + | **may create [[Widows and orphans|widows]] | ||
| + | **may mangle long URLs in the printable version; see [[:Image:Wikipediareflistoverlap.gif]] for an example | ||
| + | * [[Internet Explorer]] does not currently support the column selector; version 8 is not scheduled to support it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc351024(VS.85).aspx#multicolumn |title=CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer: Multi-column Layout |work=Microsoft Developer Network |publisher=Microsoft |accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> | ||
| + | * [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] 3.1.2, [[Google Chrome]] and possibly other [[WebKit]] based browsers have a bug that breaks links in multiple columns; the column feature has been removed for these browsers until the bug is resolved; see [[Template:Reflist/Safari testcase]] for details. | ||
| + | * [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] does not support multiple columns. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Disabling multiple columns for your account ==== | ||
| + | If you cannot abide multiple columns, you may add the following to your personal CSS file (after [[Special:UserLogin/signup|creating an account]] if you have not already done so) to force single-column display while logged in to your account: | ||
| + | <source lang="css"> | ||
| + | .references-column-count, .references-column-width { | ||
| + | column-count:1 !important; | ||
| + | column-width:auto !important; | ||
| + | -moz-column-count:1 !important; | ||
| + | -moz-column-width:auto !important; | ||
| + | -webkit-column-count:1 !important; | ||
| + | -webkit-column-width:auto !important; | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | </source> | ||
| + | This will normally have to be added to your [[Special:MyPage/monobook.css|monobook.css]]; if you are using a different skin, look in the "Personal CSS" column of the table [[Help:Skin#Customisation (advanced users)|here]] to find the right file. | ||
===Three options for usage=== | ===Three options for usage=== | ||
| − | ====Option 1 (only specific references) — Example: | + | ====Option 1 (only specific references) — Example:==== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref> | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref> | ||
| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | ==== Option 2 (only general references) — Example: | + | ====Option 2 (only general references) — Example:==== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | ====Option 3 (both specific and general references) — Example: | + | ====Option 3 (both specific and general references) — Example:==== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | ==Continuing the references== | + | ====Continuing the references==== |
| − | In order to add references manually, use the "#" sign and enclose the additional references in the < | + | In order to add references manually, use the "#" sign and enclose the additional references in the <code>"references-small"</code> div style, as in this example: |
| − | < | + | |
| + | {{Pre2|scroll|<nowiki> | ||
<div class="references-small"> | <div class="references-small"> | ||
#<li value="2"> [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20070719.cfm ''Cassini-Huygens: NEWS - Features - Saturn Turns 60''] | #<li value="2"> [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20070719.cfm ''Cassini-Huygens: NEWS - Features - Saturn Turns 60''] | ||
# [http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/frank.aspx ''A new moon for Saturn a family affair''] | # [http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/frank.aspx ''A new moon for Saturn a family affair''] | ||
| − | # [http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=3353 ''From Dark | + | # [http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=3353 ''From Dark Obscurity... A Tiny New Saturnian Moon Comes To Light''] |
</div> | </div> | ||
| − | </ | + | </nowiki>}} |
The <code><nowiki><li value="2"></nowiki></code> tag is used to ensure the new references start at the correct number. In the example, there was just one reference. Had there been 10, we would have started the additional references at "11". | The <code><nowiki><li value="2"></nowiki></code> tag is used to ensure the new references start at the correct number. In the example, there was just one reference. Had there been 10, we would have started the additional references at "11". | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Groups extension== | ||
| + | The <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tag now supports named groups so that separate lists may be created— see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes#Separating reference lists and explanatory notes]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The general format for the reference tag would be: | ||
| + | |||
| + | <pre><ref group=name></pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | And for the reflist: | ||
| + | <pre>{{reflist|group=name}})</pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | :Where ''name'' would be a group identifier such as "note", "nb" or "label". | ||
| + | |||
| + | For example, to create a separate format notes list, the references would be formatted as: | ||
| + | |||
| + | <pre><ref group=note></pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | To create the formatted list: | ||
| + | |||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | ==Name== | ||
| + | {{reflist|group=note}})</pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | While any number of groups can be created and listed, they should be kept to a minimum. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Caveats== | ||
| + | |||
| + | This template (or <code><nowiki><references/></nowiki></code> by any means, for that matter) should probably not be used multiple times in the same page with the same value for the <code><nowiki>group</nowiki></code> parameter. But if this is for some reason required, at least one parameter must be passed to every invocation of the template for correct output. For example, use <code><nowiki>{{reflist|dummy=1}}</nowiki></code> instead of simply <code><nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]; style guide for the citation of sources, and layout options | * [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]; style guide for the citation of sources, and layout options | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]]; style guide for footnotes and inline citations | * [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]]; style guide for footnotes and inline citations | ||
| − | * | + | * Template for adding an HTML comment that explains references |
| − | ** {{tl|Footnotes}} | + | ** {{tl|Footnotes}} |
| − | + | ; Templates for formatting individual reference citations | |
| − | + | * [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]] | |
| − | + | ; Templates for formatting lists of references and bibliographies | |
| − | + | * {{tl|Refbegin}} — {{tl|Refend}}; open and close tags to apply 'references-small' font-size style to a listing | |
| − | + | ** {{tl|Ref indent}} — {{tl|Ref indent-end}}; open and close tags to apply a [[indentation|hanging indent]] style to a listing | |
| − | + | ** {{tl|Colbegin}} Template creates 2 columns. | |
| − | ** {{tl|Ref indent}} & | + | *{{tl|Reflist-talk}}; reflist for Talk pages. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Citation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:Citation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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| + | <!-- ADD INTERWIKIS BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
| + | |||
</includeonly> | </includeonly> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 9 March 2009
| 40px | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Reflist (see that page for the template itself). It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Contents
Usage
Use this template to create a reference list in small font for an article. Note that there is no consensus that small font size should always be used for all references; when normal-sized font is more appropriate on an article, use <references /> instead.
If used with no parameters, it will produce a reference list with a single column.
Font size
The font size should reduce to 90% for most browsers, but may show at 100% for Internet Explorer and possibly other browsers. Reflist uses one CSS entry in MediaWiki:Common.css to set the font size:
-
.references-small { font-size: 90%;}
There is another CSS entry:
-
ol.references { font-size: 100%;}
Although Reflist does not use this CSS, some browsers may honor it over the references-small CSS, especially Internet Explorer, thus showing the font size at 100%.
Editors may over-ride these settings by placing entries in their personal CSS.
Multiple columns
Using {{reflist|2}} will create a two-column reference list, and {{reflist|3}} will create a three-column list. Three-column lists are inaccessible to users with smaller/laptop monitors and should be avoided.
Using {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} will allow the browser to automatically choose the number of columns based on the width of the web browser. Choose a column width that is appropriate for the average width of the references on the page.
Browser support
Multiple columns are generated by using CSS3, which is still in development; thus only browsers that properly support the multi-column selector will show multiple columns.[1][2]
- Mozilla Firefox and other Gecko-based browsers support multiple columns with two caveats:
- may create widows
- may mangle long URLs in the printable version; see Image:Wikipediareflistoverlap.gif for an example
- Internet Explorer does not currently support the column selector; version 8 is not scheduled to support it.[3]
- Safari 3.1.2, Google Chrome and possibly other WebKit based browsers have a bug that breaks links in multiple columns; the column feature has been removed for these browsers until the bug is resolved; see Template:Reflist/Safari testcase for details.
- Opera does not support multiple columns.
Disabling multiple columns for your account
If you cannot abide multiple columns, you may add the following to your personal CSS file (after creating an account if you have not already done so) to force single-column display while logged in to your account: <source lang="css"> .references-column-count, .references-column-width {
column-count:1 !important; column-width:auto !important; -moz-column-count:1 !important; -moz-column-width:auto !important; -webkit-column-count:1 !important; -webkit-column-width:auto !important;
} </source> This will normally have to be added to your monobook.css; if you are using a different skin, look in the "Personal CSS" column of the table here to find the right file.
Three options for usage
Option 1 (only specific references) — Example:
==Content==
Lorem ipsum.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
Option 2 (only general references) — Example:
==Content==
Lorem ipsum.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
* general reference 1
* general reference 2
{{refend}}
Option 3 (both specific and general references) — Example:
==Content==
Lorem ipsum.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>
Lorem ipsum.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
* general reference 1
* general reference 2
{{refend}}
Continuing the references
In order to add references manually, use the "#" sign and enclose the additional references in the "references-small" div style, as in this example:
<div class="references-small"> #<li value="2"> [http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20070719.cfm ''Cassini-Huygens: NEWS - Features - Saturn Turns 60''] # [http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/frank.aspx ''A new moon for Saturn a family affair''] # [http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=3353 ''From Dark Obscurity... A Tiny New Saturnian Moon Comes To Light''] </div>
The <li value="2"> tag is used to ensure the new references start at the correct number. In the example, there was just one reference. Had there been 10, we would have started the additional references at "11".
Groups extension
The <ref> tag now supports named groups so that separate lists may be created— see Wikipedia:Footnotes#Separating reference lists and explanatory notes.
The general format for the reference tag would be:
<ref group=name>
And for the reflist:
{{reflist|group=name}})
- Where name would be a group identifier such as "note", "nb" or "label".
For example, to create a separate format notes list, the references would be formatted as:
<ref group=note>
To create the formatted list:
==Name==
{{reflist|group=note}})
While any number of groups can be created and listed, they should be kept to a minimum.
Caveats
This template (or <references/> by any means, for that matter) should probably not be used multiple times in the same page with the same value for the group parameter. But if this is for some reason required, at least one parameter must be passed to every invocation of the template for correct output. For example, use {{reflist|dummy=1}} instead of simply {{reflist}}.
See also
- Wikipedia:Citing sources; style guide for the citation of sources, and layout options
- Wikipedia:Footnotes; style guide for footnotes and inline citations
- Template for adding an HTML comment that explains references
- {{Footnotes}}
- Templates for formatting individual reference citations
- Templates for formatting lists of references and bibliographies
- {{Refbegin}} — {{Refend}}; open and close tags to apply 'references-small' font-size style to a listing
- {{Ref indent}} — {{Ref indent-end}}; open and close tags to apply a hanging indent style to a listing
- {{Colbegin}} Template creates 2 columns.
- {{Reflist-talk}}; reflist for Talk pages.
References
- ↑ "CSS3 Multi-Column Thriller". 2005-12-30. http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css3_multi-column_thriller.html. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
- ↑ "CSS3 module: Multi-column layout". W3C. 2005-12-15. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
- ↑ "CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer: Multi-column Layout". Microsoft Developer Network. Microsoft. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc351024(VS.85).aspx#multicolumn. Retrieved on 2008-09-15.
