User:SvareJM/Sandbox/Footnotes

This page is for me to play around with footnotes.

Background
Footnotes display two elements on the page:
 * 1) The Footnote Number as a superscripted number between right and left square brackets
 * 2) The Footnote displayed in a numbered list at the bottom of the page

Basics

 * Footnotes are created by inserting the text that will display in the footnote between open and closing tags.
 * Ref tags go after any punctuation, with no space between the punctuation and the tag.
 * The list of references is displayed using the template
 * The reflist template should be placed in the article on the next line following a level-2 header named References

Using a Source More Than Once
You can cite the same source more than once on a page by using named footnotes. The syntax to define a named footnote is:
 * content

To invoke the named footnote:

Names for footnotes and groups must follow these rules:
 * Names are case-sensitive
 * Names must not be purely numeric
 * Names should have semantic value
 * Names must be unique

Subsequent Footnotes / Citing Different Pages
Wikipedia has additional templates to support shortened references automatically, FSRW does not. To get around this, don't use the named footnote method. Instead, create the first footnote with all appropriate data, and any subsequent notes use a shortened format.

For example, the first footnote may look like this:

The subsequent footnote would follow one of these two methods:
 * Method A: Include the author or editor's last name, the title (or an abbreviated title) and the page number cited.


 * Method B: Include only the author or editor's last name and the page number

Template Usage
These templates are used in MediaWiki but not the FamilySearch Wiki.


 * Wikipedia, Template:Cite book

These templates are used in both MediaWiki and the FamilySearch Wiki.


 * Wikipedia, Template:Cite news; FamilySearch Wiki, Template:Cite news/doc
 * Wikipedia, Template:Cite web; FamilySearch Wiki, Template:Cite web/doc

Test Section
This test (copied from Wikipedia) doesn't work 'cuz the FSRW doesn't use the Cite Book template. This is page content. This is more content.

What's the Difference?

 * Cite news is used for offline/paper/print sources because Cite web returns an error when there is no URL parameter present
 * Cite news accepts |issue= and |volume= parameters while Cite web does not
 * Both output the same way

Cite Web Parameters
This template is used to create citations for websites. This is a BGO. Most commonly used parameters:

Sample:

Sample Output: Doe, John (April 30, 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

Full list of parameters:

Cite News Parameters
This template is used to create citations for news articles in print, video, audio or web.

Commonly used parameters:

To cite a news article with a credited author To cite a news article with no credited author To cite an online news article that has been archived To cite a news article written in a foreign language To cite and quote an archived news article clipped with an information aggregation service requiring a subscription A news article with a credited author

Displays as: Wolford, Ben (2013-10-16). "Citrus Canker Lawsuit Headed Back to Trial". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2013-10-17. A news article that has been archived

Displays as: Pank, Philip (2013-10-18). "Families Accuse Network Rail of Cover-Up". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2013-10-18.

Full parameters: