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Template:High-use Template:Transwiki guide Explanatory footnotes or Efn are footnotes that provide something other than, or more than, a reference to a source that supports the accompanying text. The first unnamed parameter is displayed as the content of the footnote.

Note: If the note's content contains an "=" character, a reference error will be displayed; precede the content with |1= (or one of its aliases, |text=, |reference=, or |content=) to fix the error.

The following explanation is transcluded from Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: predefined groups. {{#section:Help:footnotes|pregroup}}

Example articles

  • Logic Theorist (a short article showing basic usage)
  • Chinese room (a long and complex article which uses all the features: named footnotes, list defined notes, etc.)
  • Empire of Brazil
  • John Diefenbaker (with name= and notes in {{notes}})
  • USS Monitor


Template data

Description:

Inserts an explanatory footnote. Notes can be named and grouped.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Note1 reference text content

Text of the note

Contentsuggested
Ref. namename

Reference name of the note

Stringoptional
Reference groupgroup

Styled group to which the note belongs

Suggested values
upper-alpha lower-greek note lower-roman upper-roman
Stringoptional

See also

  • Template:Cref - A manual system alternative