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A template that searches the unparsed content of a page and returns a list of item counts for various reference and cs1|2 citation elements.
Usage[edit]
This template accepts a single, optional, unnamed parameter:
{{ref info}}{{ref info|page title}}
When {{ref info}} is used without a page title parameter, it may be added to and left in a page. It will only produce output when the page is viewed in preview mode.
Using the template with page title parameter allows editors to add the template to another page, perhaps in their user space or the article's talk page, so that they may see the state of the named article remotely. The template will not follow a redirect so page name must be the article's actual name. An error message will be returned if the article at page name is empty or does not exist.
This template will not be hidden in an article when page name set.
The template also accepts the named parameter |style=. Use this to set the output table's styling. For example, to position the table at the right edge of the page, use |style=float:right (the example in this page uses that style). |style= is ignored when the page title parameter is omitted.
To get the reference information from the article Aristotle add {{ref info}} to that page and click Show preview. Alternately, this documentation page uses:
{{ref info|aristotle}}
Output meanings[edit]
The first three of these output statements are always output. For the others, if the output would be 0 or 'no', then there is no output statement.
- unnamed refs: these are references enclosed in
<ref>...</ref>tags - named refs: these are reference definitions that use the name attribute:
<ref name="...">...</ref> - self closed: named references that do not contain a reference definition:
<ref name="..." /> - R templates: wrapper templates that mimic self-closed named reference tags
- bare url refs: bare urls used as references:
<ref>http://example.com</ref> - bare ext link refs: unlabeled external wikilinks used as references:
<ref>[http://example.com]</ref> - cs1 refs: named or unnamed references that contain Citation Style 1 templates; does not include redirects to cs1 templates (
{{cite dictionary}},{{cite video}}, etc) - cs1 templates: total number of cs1 templates; includes those in
<ref>...</ref>tags - cs1-like refs: number of named or unnamed references that contain templates that look like cs1 templates (
{{cite archive}},{{cite comic}},{{cite LSA}}, etc.); includes redirects to cs1 templates - cs1-like templates: total number of cs1 look-alike templates; includes those in
<ref>...</ref>tags - cs2 refs: named or unnamed references that contain Citation Style 2 templates
- cs2 templates: total number of cs2 templates; includes those in
<ref>...</ref>tags - vcite refs: named or unnamed references that contain Citation Style Vancouver templates
- vcite templates: total number of vcite and vcite2 templates; includes those in
<ref>...</ref>tags - wikicite templates: total number of wikicite templates; includes those in
<ref>...</ref>tags - harv refs: named or unnamed references that contain
{{harv}},{{harvc}},{{harvcol}},{{harvp}},{{harvtxt}}templates - harv templates: total number of harv templates; includes those in
<ref>...</ref>tags - sfn templates: number of
{{sfn}},{{sfnm}},{{sfnp}}templates - rp templates: number of
{{rp}}templates - uses ldr: article
{{reflist}}template uses the|refs=parameter for list-defined references - refbegin templates: number of
{{refbegin}}templates - cleanup templates: number of
{{citation needed}},{{disputed inline}},{{dubious}},{{failed verification}}templates; others may be added - dead link templates: number of
{{dead link}}(and aliases) templates - webarchive templates: number of
{{webarchive}}templates - use xxx dates: article's global date format from
{{use dmy dates}}or{{use mdy dates}}; if present, brackets hold the value assigned to|cs1-dates=in the{{use xxx dates}}template - cs1|2 df dmy: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|df=dmyor|df=dmy-all[lower-alpha 1] - cs1|2 df mdy: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|df=mdyor|df=mdy-all[lower-alpha 1] - cs1|2 df ymd: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|df=ymdor|df=ymd-all[lower-alpha 1] - cs1|2 dmy dates: number of cs1|2 templates that use dmy-style dates (dd Month yyyy)[lower-alpha 2]
- cs1|2 mdy dates: number of cs1|2 templates that use mdy-style dates (Month dd, yyyy)[lower-alpha 2]
- cs1|2 ymd dates: number of cs1|2 templates that use ymd-style dates (yyyy-mm-dd)[lower-alpha 2]
- cs1|2 last/first: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|last=,|surname=,|author-last=(or first enumerations) for the first author - cs1|2 author: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|author=,|subject=(or first enumerations) for the first author - cs1|2 authors: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|authors=,|people=,|host=,|credits=parameters - cs1|2 vauthors: number of cs1|2 templates that use
|vauthors=style
Notes[edit]
Technical stuff[edit]
At the bottom of a preview page is a dropdown titled: Templates used in this preview. At the bottom of an edit page there is a similar dropdown titled: Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page. When this template is used to monitor a remote page, the Scribunto function mw.title.new() is counted as linked from the page that holds this template.
Cite error: <ref> tags exist for a group named "lower-alpha", but no corresponding <references group="lower-alpha"/> tag was found
