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

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article with a credited author To cite a news article with no credited author To cite an online news article that has been archived To cite a news article written in a foreign language To cite and quote an archived news article clipped with an information aggregation service requiring a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