reflist[i].refname) { if ($j.inArray(reflist[i].refname, refs2) != -1) { if ($j.inArray(reflist[i].refname, errors) == -1) { errors.push(reflist[i].refname); }...

Technically speaking your solution creates a new different refname. I think one needs to find the refname created in the older [4] sfn invocation. With many thanks...

information is based on. (You can use the same footnote more than once: WP:REFNAME; but this was already used for one of the refs.) The lead refers to Holleman...

Guardian. Identical references should be merged using named refs. See WP:REFNAME. Binksternet (talk) 01:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC) @Binksternet: Thanks so much...

"final years" section needs a citation. Identical citations can use the "refname" citation format to combine them in the footnotes section. Instructions...

lot of the footnotes are duplicates that need to be combined with the "refname" footnote format. Otherwise, it should be good to go. Cla68 20:52, 17 October...

("Plans to lower height...") needs to be properly formatted There's a stray <refname> appearing in the body of the text Can someone help out with these? Thanks...

use the guidance at WP:REFNAME to avoid repetition in the footnotes when you use the exact same source several times. Refname will take, say the identical...

page. Fix that. Also, is number 2 and number 5 the same reference? If so, refname them. Not much is wrong, just a little bit. Good work! I believe that once...

citations in the article, duplicate citations will be replaced with <ref name=Refname />. (Identical means "every parameter has the same value", whitespace notwithstanding...

the doc I've seen for coding named ref tags shows the syntax <ref name=refname />, with a space before the slash. However, the ref works fine without...

subsequent references with the same content with named ref tags ([per WP:REFNAME) Standardize naming of references section to either Notes or References...

If using a citation twice you can name it and cite it as shown here: WP:REFNAME Thanks for working on the article. I hope this helps. Biosthmors (talk)...

article, would benefit from "named reference" treatment. See: Wikipedia:REFNAME#WP:REFNAME. Should your article be titled "Geezer Bandit" (capitalized)? You...

you need a reference that clarifies the statement you have made. See WP:REFNAME. If you name your references, you can place them into the text. There are...

footnotes - first ref should use name="refname". The next time the ref is used you can use the name="refname" />. See WP:FOOT. Morphh (talk) 2:53, 05...

have a configurable regex, like\|\s*last\s*=\s*(?P<refname>[^\w\s]+)|http&#3A;//+([^/]*?)(?P<refname>[^A-Za-z0-9\-]+)\.([^A-Za-z\.]{2,6})(:\d+)?/ which...

name="example">{{cite...}}</ref> could be reused with <ref name="example" />. Check out WP:REFNAME for more details. <RetroCraft314 /> 21:38, 18 June 2018 (UTC)...

previously entered source information. It will show up in text as <ref name=refname/> . You can link to pages outside of Wikipedia using [single brackets]...

place. When citing a source more than once, put <refname="namehere>reftext</ref> first, then <refname="namehere/> where you want the other citations with...

com/ a reliable source? Refs 9 and 28 can be combined (I think?) using WP:REFNAME. Refs 14 and 21 need periods at the end, to be consistent. You have web...

Of the 20 citations (actually more like 10, since the user didn't user REFNAME tags): Seven come from court document PDFs (lending an unhealthy whiff...

article, simply enter this name tag as: <ref name=Ozturan2002/> See WP:REFNAMES for more detail. As an innovative online encyclopedia, Wikipedia sees itself...

(talk) 17:52, 13 January 2018 (UTC) @Foiled circuitous wanderer:, see WP:REFNAME. JTP (talk • contribs) 18:42, 13 January 2018 (UTC) Lisa.M44 (talk · contribs)...

content and yet somehow has been able to work out how to reference using refname on the first attempt in a single large diff? That seems highly unlikely...

school activities or offices Repeated citations to same source not using WP:REFNAME Unformatted bare URLs Large galleries Some promotional (or naïve) practices...

you seek is in WP:REFNAME. Cheers. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC) Thank you MatthewVanitas - I found WP:REFNAME very helpful, and now...

started making similar edits to the article as the master, such as altering refnames: Suspected master vs. suspected sock. I am requesting CU to see if there...

fixed the formatting (you applied WP:REFNAME improperly, that's why they weren't showing; and you only need refname if you're going to use the same footnote...

reference is added by the script. Reference objects have several attributes: refname – The 'name' attribute of the ref tag refgroup – The 'group' attribute...

(talk) 00:03, 27 November 2008 (UTC) The relevant page about that is WP:REFNAME, just as an FYI for ya Tfhentz. :) —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 01:49, 8 December...

WP:AVOIDDUPWP:AVOIDDUP Where an article uses named references (see WP:REFNAME), duplicate copies of the same reference are condensed to the abbreviated...

bibliography system. Mjroots (talk) 10:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC) Thankyou, the refname system is in use, I did find a few stray ones and hopefully have corrected...

the problem by adding " characters to some refnames where you had omitted them. Note that for simple refnames using only text, the inverted commans are...

related to the quote description in citations, possibly in combination with refname syntax. 1) Suppose I come across a page where a reference is used multiple...

enough for an A-class article. It would be good to see the multi-citation (refname=) used to de-duplicate citations. Not every article is capable of becoming...

unwieldy for reference No.7, Cooke et al. Also, is there a way to use the "refname" function with different page numbers, i.e. vehicle #2350 references Banger...

prevents you from having to retype the entire citation each time. See WP:REFNAME for more details. The parenthetical system places the full citation in...

footnotes which come from the same source using the "ref name" code. See WP:REFNAME for details. You need to add categories; note that categories should be...

automatically assigns those refnames. Also, the system apparently doesn't accept refnames with numbers only, see WP:REFNAME, and it would apparently just...

uses a mixture of models, referring in some cases to bibliography on a refname system, but also fully citing in the list for others. Several books are...

2008 (UTC) The sentence in the lead concerning the death toll needs a <refname> transfer with the ref in the infobox. I'm not sure what you mean by this...

section. For sources that that are used multiple times, you can try using "<refname=[insert name here]..." Am I confusing you? Orane (talk • cont.) 07:51,...

WP:Footnotes gives some more details, and there's a coding called WP:Refname you can use in order to create multiple footnotes to one book. NOTE: do...

shown in WP:REFNAME. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:11, 9 July 2020 (UTC) thank you. No matter how many times I stare at the directions for refname, I don't...

Booker 2009" don't link to the Cited Academic Texts. Refname problem? Fixed - it was a refname problem. --Mkativerata (talk) 02:47, 13 January 2011 (UTC)...

but it may be useful for you to use {{CLO}} it is used like {{CLO|name=REFNAME|title=Page Title|url=url}} Happy to take advantage of that (both in any...

"Holbrook, pp 67–68"). The full titles are given below anyway. Consider using refname function so that multiple references can be made to the same page. These...

Wikipedia page using my IPad and I want to find text, say all instances of a refname. How do I search for text on a webpage when I have no CTRL-F? I know this...

Frequent updates needed Bug or feature? A.y template, omitting day-of-month Refname with quotes Creating a page that already exists in other languages...

together those footnotes which are exact copies of each other, see WP:REFNAME for quick instructions. On a very minor note, people aren't referred to...

below) are duplicated and appear in the ref section more than once, a WP:REFNAME should be used instead Funk, p. 30 Langguth, p. 169--Best, ₮RUCӨ 15:13...

looking to use the "named reference" technique. You can learn about it at WP:REFNAME. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary (talk)...

Basically, it looks like you tried to use WP:REFNAME for one or more citations. When you format a citation using "Refname", the "[[:WP:CITEFOOT|ref" tag of at...

paragraphs. The references need a tidy as you know, I suggest using WP:REFNAME where you use the same reference multiple times. Best, --Physics is all...

(talk) 15:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC) * references being repeated where a refname would suffice, would see a reduction from 205 to about 130; example; 83...

Fortunately, there's an easy automatic way to do this, just read the short WP:REFNAME. Also, footnotes go immediately following the punctuation (period, comma)...

be used more than once in the article, you should give it an optional "refname" in the field "Ref name", for example Smith2013 If your document has an...

myself. Look at this pages history to see how I did it. UPDATE: found it WP:REFNAME About the lead - I suppose you could say something like this (my changes...

duplicate references, the would leave only the first untouched and add a refname to the others found in the article. The CeraBot2 account has not yet been...

reference in multiple places, you can allocate a refname to each one (e.g. refname=BBC20181; refname=BBC2018p13) and call that named reference up again...

fact most edits from all his socks are like this!) His inability to use 'refname' (so repeated additions of same source as separate references) e.g. 3 and...

Cheers all Darigan (talk) 15:48, 25 November 2010 (UTC) Have a look at WP:REFNAME. The example there should make it clear. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:51...

article, simply enter this name tag as: <ref name=Ozturan2002/> See WP:REFNAMES for more detail. As an innovative online encyclopedia, Wikipedia sees itself...

depicted is the top-secret Bell P-39 Airacobra in a scale model form. <refname="Pendo, p. 203">Pendo 1985, p. 203.<ref>" How would an audience know what...

re-use the same reference in the article by using named references. (see WP:REFNAME) Lastly, I'd advise having a look at Bradford City A.F.C. season 2007–08...

the actual citation it is referring to, it becomes meaningless. See WP:REFNAME for how to correctly repeat references to the same source. Roger (Dodger67)...

uncontroversially constructive: turning multiple duplicate refs into one ref with a refname thereafter invoked for later cites. Why was this change not left in place...

within the 'references' section. It can then just be 'invoked' by using <refname=XXX/> within the content. (See WP:REFB for more on referencing). However...

appear only once in the reference list. The answer can be found here WP:REFNAME; you can see that this is what Jesszahav‎ did here to combine the refs...

dead links are allowed, removal of refs 65 and 68 since these are using a refname cited from the table so are not duplicates while ref 66 is needed separately...

(UTC) Could you show me with the repeated ref of Pewforum? I tried to refname last time and I wasn't able to in the talk page. Thinker78 (talk) 04:30...

much, but you have the refnames the same. Let me help you out here. EDIT: Okay, I fixed the references and changed the refnames to correspond each chart...

figure of two more than the correct total. I plan to learn how to create a refname for the MOHHSUS. Anthony Staunton (talk) 09:43, 12 October 2016 (UTC) Thanks...

Thank you! *** in fact *** (contact) 07:41, 14 December 2010 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME. --Teratornis (talk) 08:58, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Hi, is it possible to...

has a ton of options to satisfy almost anyone who wishes to use better refnames than ":0" and ":418". Nardog: MoveHistory can now look up the move history...

anything else. Citations can be used multiple times as described at WP:REFNAME. They are automatically numbered by their first appearance. The citations...

family seems out of place. You can re-use a footnote by naming it, see WP:REFNAME. I quickly went over your citations, hope it helps. To wikify means to...

more, it can be given a reference name to allow neater formatting. See WP:REFNAME for more information. Steve T • C 11:54, 12 March 2010 (UTC) Response Hi...

uses a mixture of models, referring in some cases to bibliography on a refname system, but also fully citing in the list for others. Several books are...

[edit source] link not displayed as it should be RFC VisualEditor adding refnames Copyright I haven't changed anything Pop-up on Watchlist. Copying from...

editors, it is not reasonable to ask editors to check for other uses of the refname and remove/comment out the LDR if their removal renders it unused. Then...

problems with it, feel free to revert. I'm avoiding any that have a WP:REFNAME involved since I don't have the coding knowledge to tackle that cleanly...

is duplicated and appears more than once in the ref section, use a WP:REFNAME instead. {{Harvnb|Clendening|2005|p=325.}}--Best, ₮RUCӨ 15:26, 28 March...

separately throughout the article. I'm not particularly happy with WP:REFNAME or WP:IBID, and {{rp}} isn't satisfactory here, because the chapters are...

you change the list of Wikimarkup instructions so that <refname = "x"> ... </ref> and <refname = "x"/> also work, just like {{Reflist}} and <references/>...

look like <ref name=refname>(content of the reference></ref>, and each subsequent one will look like <ref name=refname/>, where refname stands for whatever...

that go to the exact same reference, you can auto-combine them using WP:REFNAME. Looks good, and hope to see more articles from you! Also recommend you...

17:58, 11 August 2013 (UTC) See Help:Referencing for beginners and WP:REFNAME. --  Gadget850 talk 18:32, 11 August 2013 (UTC) I updated your markup to...

quotes." If you don't know how |name works in references, please read WP:REFNAME. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:37, 23 September 2019 (UTC) Thanks. I read...

name="1d" /> twice. Nyttend (talk) 01:26, 12 May 2019 (UTC) You are right. WP:REFNAME only says "Names must not be purely numeric". My experience with identifiers...

task to move all refs from the body to a reflist, assigning arbitrary refnames where needed. In a few seconds, that would get you about halfway to a clean...

both in Footnotes Done. Identical footnotes should be combined per WP:REFNAME Done. Not quite - Goswami 2011, p. 152 Oops, got it. "Goswami 2011, pp...

is "what do I do about repeated footnotes?" Your answer is found at WP:REFNAME. For external links, I've applied a format to your first EL, so just plug...

ppp-71-128-195-103.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net changed telltale refnames [83] during sandbox phase short, upper-case refnames —rybec 02:10, 2 September 2013 (UTC) Accused...

is or why its reporting so. From my side I have extensively followed WP:refname. So if I am citing same page of a book, the named reference would repeat...

Popcornduff (talk) 04:22, 15 August 2016 (UTC) @Popcornduff: If you add a "refname=" parameter to the {{Certification Table Entry}} templates in the sales...

This site is used three times in the references; merge them all using WP:REFNAME. Fixed. --Eustress (talk) 04:50, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Link reference publishers...

references; notice how a lot of your foonotes are repeats? Check out WP:REFNAME for info on how to make similar footnotes group together for cleaner layout...

The first quote is cited elsewhere in the section, however I'll do a refname for clarity. I'll also work on the references and dig up some which are...

name="name"/> :) Samwalton9 (talk) 23:33, 2 February 2014 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME and WP:REFNEST. --  Gadget850 talk 00:05, 3 February 2014 (UTC) Hi there...

body's use of those refs. Content gets removed, the associated <ref name=refname/> tag is also removed, leaving an unused reference. The software responds...

can see how I fixed it here, and the steps for doing so are listed at WP:REFNAME. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:42, 29 September 2022 (UTC) My...

citation I use the shortened "refname=" form or, if page numbers are not the same, I state the author and page number, and use refname= for further notations...

Shortcuts WP:VE:NAMEDREFSWP:VE:NAMEDREFS WP:VE/NAMEDREFSWP:VE/NAMEDREFS WP:VECRUFTWP:VECRUFT This is a Wikipedia project page for those interested in the...

moves large ref blocks from other passages into them (though leaving a refname=x/) making it difficult to edit the new sections; user has been asked to...

using the refname function is necesarry - I don't use that in any of my articles only citeshort and I don't believe there is any rule that refname is necesarry...

2014 (UTC) Eleanor, this edit added an incorrectly formatted ref tag, <refname>="Peacock 12-15"/>. You subsequently noticed a problem and tried to fix...

Evidence?" 9 Snopes "and the claim has been generally treated as a hoax." & refname "snopesHoax" "False [...] Alex Zielinkski, news editor for the Portland...

rigid date format on ref names that are not even visible to the reader! WP:REFNAME was pointed out to him by two editors. Still, the ranting and raving went...

slightly incorrect. The correct format is <ref name="NCES" /> — see WP:REFNAME 2. An editor posted on your talk that you added two different values for...

changing quotations, meaning, and in at least one case capitalizing a refname. The editor is Gaya3em (talk · contribs). User:Bonadea and I have reverted...

(which generally raise SPS issues). I suggest the OP review WP:RS and WP:REFNAME. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 20:21, 9 January 2014 (UTC) Which article...

Archived previous report Recent WP:NPA vio Recent disruptive edit (note refname Penis) Most recent attempt to reinstate content that the previous report...

yesterday, made edits only to Israel-Palestine pages, knows how to use refname tags and has edit summaries looking saying rv t-banned user, I.e. knowing...

references to make multiple uses of the same inline citations per WP:CS and WP:REFNAME, which Damolisher repeatedly referred to as unhelpful. When I suggested...

Retrieved 2009-10-03." is unnecessarily duplicated given that you're using refnames, unless it relates to the different broadcasting dates, in which case you...

regular reference with "name=", and the rest are of the form <ref name=refname/>. (See the guide below. Don't worry about the quotation marks; if you...

right? I didn't realize that further on in the article they were just refnames--I though, incorrectly, that they were all simply cited twice. Drmies (talk)...

86.12's changing duplicate refs to a single ref with refname, and later using only the refname, which is a constructive edit. If you have a problem with...

in the article support that assertion and then add a footnote using the REFNAME function. Another option is a Google search for a new reference to a reliable...

which slipped through due to similarity in the name of the author and refname with Gunnar PAULsson). Indeed I was not the only one to think so. Slatersteven...

to retype the full reference. You'll find a detailed explanation at WP:REFNAME. Then, after each use of that reference you can specify the exact page...

uncertain about what new user Talk about confusing is currently doing to old refnames in articles. They seem to deleting them in bot-like fashion. Example diff:...

Retrieved 2009-10-03." is unnecessarily duplicated given that you're using refnames, unless it relates to the different broadcasting dates, in which case you...

02:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC) In the article Oscar Pistorius there is a "refname" cite (No. 66) that has been broken for quite a long time, I have been...

used as references multiple times. Perhaps merge them together using WP:REFNAME? Comment: I have tried to do that, but I feel it is more useful to state...

(talk) 16:50, 10 May 2011 (UTC) For unifying identical footnotes, see WP:REFNAME. The other thing you need to fix with your footnotes: you risk WP:Link...

give a reference in full just once. By using refname= you can call the reference multiple times. See WP:REFNAME. And to specify different pages in the same...

2023 (UTC) Suspected account puts spaces to divide the parameters, uses refname, etc. unlike the other person. I didn't dive too deeply into their account...

are about 4 different articles there that I am using as sources, so if I refnamed them all up I don't think it would reduce it too much, but I will get on...

{{citation/core}} add a parameter, let's call it |refname= that if defined, wraps the citation in <ref name=refname></ref>. Thus it is backward compatible as...

source, then reproduce that footnote after each paragraph using the WP:REFNAME function. If a paragraph is culled from multiple different sources, some...

how can I refer to an already existing ref on a page. I tried <ref name="refname 1,2" /> but the ref. changes into 5 and 6 Avandenheuvel (talk) 11:44, 5...

so you will only need to put the entire citation syntax in once. See WP:REFNAME. -Arch dude (talk) 05:38, 22 September 2023 (UTC) Why is the website Rate...

04:24, 16 September 2015 (UTC) When an article contains a refname collision (same refname defined multiple times, with like or unlike definitions), (1)...

March 2009 (UTC) Ref formatting (WP:REFTOOLS script) The following WP:REFNAME is used more than once to name a ref; a ref name should only name 1 specific...

to use the full reference a second time (giving it a slightly different refname) and use the {{rp|99}} code for the page numbers. The problem is that it...

—Preceding undated comment added 01:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC) Please see WP:REFNAME – it's really quite simple. You give the definition of the reference a...

are referenced to that book unless explicitly stated? I thought that refnaming it upto "Z" wouldn't look good. (I can do it if neccessary.) Woody (talk)...

see in my proposal is that it would likely require that all refs use a refname= format.) What do you guys think? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 23:44,...

2016 (UTC) MaranoFan, the template {{Singlechart}} has a field called "refname". You appear to have invoked it with field "ref name", so the name never...

(UTC) Yes— the ref tags create an HTML id. This is also documented at WP:REFNAME in an overly verbose manner. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 20:05, 28 February...

August 2008 (UTC) OK, I think I've done them all, there is still one "refname" with no matching ref, hopefully whoever was adding the refs will notice...

the form I used in this post (re refname, also since that is what the MOS pages use as their example as in WP:REFNAME lol). I know it's not required for...

are referenced by the reference at the end of the paragraph i would put Refname there but ive been shouted at by a certain JC on IRC and told its redudant...

(UTC) I see that {{singlechart}} always generates a named ref, even when |refname= is unspecified. Does it do this for the same reason as {{sfn}}, i.e. to...

talkcontribs 03:34, 4 March 2010 (UTC) FWIW, you can remove everything after <refname="2005draft" /> in the 2005 table reference Fixed. Staxringold talkcontribs...

and spacing needs tidying. Refs 5 and 11, and 7 and 12 are the same, use refname to avoid repetition. --Jpeeling (talk) 10:49, 19 July 2009 (UTC) Done....

building's height, so I removed it from the list. Refs 38 and 40 are the same, refname can be used to simplify. Those refs have now both been removed, per above...

other|[[Category:Singlechart with dead link]]}}}}|name={{#if:{{{refname|}}}|{{{refname}}}|"sc_{{strip whitespace|{{{1|}}}}}_{{{artist|}}}"}}|group={{#if:{{{refgroup|}}}|...

that reference later down and considered adding it to the intro using <refname>, but thought it was better to leave it as a comment here and let someone...

by AWB. The discussion has been moved to Wikipedia_talk:Citing_sources#Refname_footnotes_(from_village_pump); please continue the discussion there. — Carl...

error. Anomie⚔ 14:06, 16 January 2011 (UTC) The system is described at WP:REFNAME. As you say, preview doesn't reveal the problem. The only hint of the problem...

Roger Smart – Two named references had the same refname and this threw an error. I renamed the both refnames but it's still unclear which reference belongs...

are out of numerical order might be that the article uses a lot of WP:REFNAMEs.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 13:41, 13 July 2013 (UTC) Yes, that is generally...

editor Voceditenore: - fixed it for you, there was a slash missing from a refname. See the diff here. DuncanHill (talk) 09:40, 15 September 2014 (UTC) Thank...

it possible to bundle a source that is used twice in an article (has a refname) with other sources such that the twice-used source will be listed only...

2010 (UTC) I'm generally familiar with the {{#tag:ref|reference text|name=refname}} method of placing references (as documented at mw:help:magic words),...

(note the slash) doesn't. SiBr4 (talk) 12:02, 24 August 2014 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME for details on using a source more than once. --  Gadget850 talk 12:11...

example what is currently reference 6 and 7, use "named" references. See, WP:REFNAME for how to do this. (c) In the "Selected Works" section and similar sections...

Thanks! -Tsavage (talk) 23:02, 17 June 2024 (UTC) @Tsavage: See if WP:REFNAME is what you are looking for RudolfRed (talk) 00:00, 18 June 2024 (UTC)...

2011 (UTC) I have carefully reviewed relevant policy/guideline pages WP:REFNAME, WP:CITEFOOT, and WP:NAMEDREFS, in regard to merging duplicate references...

used more than once, WP:REFNAME should be informative. Cullen328 (talk) 05:47, 15 May 2022 (UTC) @Cullen328:I'm aware the WP:REFNAME exists, I just wasn't...

my edit in the draft's history. (In particular, you may want to see WP:REFNAME on citing the same source multiple times, and you may want to note the...

by an editor—most likely arranged alphabetically in the edit window by refname as this is most likely to retain source integrity and usefulness, even...

else. OrangeDog (τ • ε) 12:15, 22 April 2010 (UTC) This edit, introduced refname templates in a number of footnotes, increasing the length of each of these...

"=" and the url) However, it does not work on bare-URL references with a refname. I am not sure what sort of thing to do here to guarantee I will capture...

same, such as "Bowers 1964, p.226" (it is used multiple times), using WP:REFNAME. Gary King (talk) 17:10, 4 June 2008 (UTC) Added space after p. ; will...

found it. Btw, there is already a References section but it only has 2 Refname references + a single Sfn reference sitting in it... . Shearonink (talk)...

change the display method, perhaps with the further-info links (?) for refname/refgroup, as that's what the current reftoolbar uses for a tooltip-indicator...

citation to <ref name=":0"> (see here). This breaks all the rules of WP:REFNAME: it is purely numeric, it has no "semantic value", and it has quote marks...

ASCII character set. RAN1 (talk) 04:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC) {{ec}} WP:REFNAME describes the syntax and behavior of the name=... portion of references...

you want to reuse one reference in different places, there is help at WP:REFNAME. I advise using our source editor (the one you have to use to edit this...

AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 00:01, 23 December 2020 (UTC) Looks like the hyphens in refnames. Am currently working through to take them out. DuncanHill (talk) 00:10...

with only 3 sources. Inkwell765 (talk) 19:59, 31 May 2015 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME. Nthep (talk) 20:06, 31 May 2015 (UTC) In this article I already did it...

the table of contents (TOC) in LaTeX files like this: ... \renewcommand{\refname}{\section{References}} \bibliographystyle{IEEEtran} \bibliography{bibtex_file_name}...

should have fixed the problem; I closed one ref and fixed the original refname parameter on another. Unfortunately I'm now offline until Tuesday, so if...

source without proper attribution to the original citation. Please read WP:REFNAME and learn to do it yourself from hereon. Thanks, Lourdes 04:07, 12 February...

Regex which captures inline Cite.php references: (?<openStart>\<ref\s*)(?<refName>(group\s*=\s*|name\s*=\s*)[^\>]+){0,2}(?<close>\s*(?(?=/\>)/\>|\>\s*(?<content>[^\<]*)(...

time. 49.198.41.28 (talk) 07:06, 20 February 2022 (UTC)  Done. See WP:REFNAME for how to do this yourself in the future. Victor Schmidt (talk) 07:48...

tine you type it use the opening <ref> bit and include <ref name="refname"> refname can be anything you want like "FoxNewsJune07", then every subsequent...

quality citation, and to give it a real name (not just a :01, ;02, :03 -type REFNAME, which I think makes it easier to work out which ref is which, and to re-use...

similar, since the order of footnotes can change over time. Instead read WP:REFNAME to see how to deal with multiple uses of the same ref. Your footnotes also...

add references using the visual editor, I've not figured out how to add refnames. How do I do this? (if this is already implemented. else I'll file a feature...

Hope that helps, jcc (tea and biscuits) 14:56, 2 June 2013 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME for the right use of ref name. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)...

(UTC) Hi Colman2000, I would suggest that you give a quick read to WP:REFNAME and come back here to ask for more clarification if that doesn't resolve...

independent-owned restaurant located in [[St. Michaels, Maryland]].<ref name=WaPo/><refname=UrbanSpoon/><ref name=Citysearch/> They have an extensively large amount...

^ a blah blah blah pp.32 and then when I use a citation style like {{r|refname|p=XXX}} afterwards to call a different page number of the same citation...

the places where you have used the same reference more than once, see WP:REFNAME. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:01, 20 August 2020 (UTC) And doing so would...

insert my better reference there, ensuring I include a helpful but short RefName in the lower left hand box in the citation popup window. It's then easy...

Rymknows23 (talk) 11:42, 14 March 2022 (UTC) Hi Rymknows23. Try looking at WP:REFNAME and H:CERDK because I believe they cover the problem you're having. Basically...

@KingAviationKid - hi and welcome to the Teahouse. What you're looking for is WP:REFNAME. Check out my edit to your draft to see exactly what I changed. I also...

17 isn't working (I fixed 61). The following refs are duplicated, use a refname: Stein 1987, p. 82 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFStein1987 (help) Subrahmanyam...

reference more than once in an article without repeating it, please see WP:REFNAME. Cullen328 (talk) 04:41, 25 May 2022 (UTC) Hi Organic Increse45( ͡ಠ ͜ʖ...

Opie Flag icons on country year navigational boxes My page RMCD bot down Refname but no corresponding ref? HTML Giacomo Leopardi Toshi Ichiyanagi...

by that name, without having to re-enter all the details again. See WP:REFNAME for a full explanation. You can then use the {{rp}} template to add specific...

construction !scope="row"{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=4125a|refname="RPMTop100"}} in which the lack of a pipe in the page markup (it is supplied...

by that name, without having to re-enter all the details again. See WP:REFNAME for a full explanation. You can then use the {{rp}} template to add specific...

el programa del futuro tanque español", you can just merge them with WP:REFNAME. Link the dates in " Bibliography" so they are expanded like at WP:CITE/ES...

by that name, without having to re-enter all the details again. See WP:REFNAME for a full explanation. You can then use the {{rp}} template to add specific...

some form of comprehensible English. As their edits were either minor refname changes or removal of references, but their edit summaries were in a non-English...

you can simply put <ref name="myName"/>. Note the extra slash! See WP:REFNAME for more details. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 13:56, 30 September 2020 (UTC)...

per fact asserted. One citation can be used for different facts, per WP:REFNAME. In general, WP:THREE is the absolute minimum, but you probbably need more...

etc). There is specific advice in re-using any existing reference at WP:REFNAME. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)  The following discussion...

difficult before this template came about. We've done well enough with WP:REFNAME in the past. It still seems to me that this is a celery-class optimisation...

reference tag (example: <ref name="ref 1>) or an illegal character per WP:REFNAME or an empty name (example: <ref name="">) 105 (dump) High No Heading should...

I would reuse it using: <ref name=Teahouse />. You could read WP:REFNAME for more information. ///EuroCarGT 04:46, 18 November 2014 (UTC) (ec) Welcome...

the article first. The other two uses are cited by the use of the same "refname" (<ref name=forbes20160423/>), and were added to the article later. Digix...

the same publication within one article, you might also like to read WP:REFNAME which allows you to allocate a memorable name to your citation (e.g. Budge1)...

at WP:REFBEGIN. You can reuse references by following the advice at WP:REFNAME, and I've never felt the need to install scripts to help me add citations...

many unnecessary or even unwanted changes (like adding quotes around all refnames). However, a significant number have errors which often go undetected or...

used elsewhere in the article. However, you don't need to do this. The refname parameter can be used easily like the {{singlechart}} and {{albumchart}}...

content. It's possible to cite the same source multiple times using WP:REFNAME; however, if you want to cite different pages of the the same source, you...

article bodies, so either convert them to references or remove them. WP:REFNAME might also be of interest. Victor Schmidt (talk) 18:25, 28 October 2020...

can't remember how. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 17:13, 2 May 2015 (UTC) Fixed Refnames that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotes. I also changed your {{reflist}}...

ways to do such a thing, but probably the most common and easiest is WP:REFNAME. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:26, 22 December 2020 (UTC) Thank you.SenatorLEVI...

itself and one for for the page number you want to cite; so, you can use WP:REFNAME and the "rp" template together. What Nick is suggesting is that you leave...

the reference list ---- with a,b,c,etc for the various callouts. See WP:REFNAME. Regards, Ariconte (talk) 19:43, 7 November 2021 (UTC) Hi, Ajottel, and...

suggest you include more in-line citations on the 'History' section using WP:REFNAME - this means you can use a citation more than once to back up what you're...

you can reuse references multiple times in the same article - see WP:REFNAME. However, if it is different pages on the same website they need to all...

reference might be used multiple times throughout the document, I've used the REFNAME feature to give it a name so that you can call up the citation two or more...

following refs are duplicated and appear as such in the ref section, a WP:REFNAME should be used instead {{cite book |last=Kerekes |first=David |coauthors=...

cite (with a different page)? Then do you basically assign two different refnames, etc? Alanscottwalker (talk) 11:49, 30 August 2013 (UTC) That's why it's...

It's easy to reference more often if you use a named reference, see WP:REFNAME. Hope that helps, --Nuujinn (talk) 11:14, 19 May 2010 (UTC) Could someone...

need either a new reference, or for you to reuse an existing one (see WP:REFNAME for how to do that). Read WP:NACADEMIC and try to assess whether an independent...

Of the 20 citations (actually more like 10, since the user didn't user REFNAME tags): Seven come from court document PDFs (lending an unhealthy whiff...

exists in the article. You must either define those references, change the refnames in the tags to names that exist, or remove the ref tags. See Help:Referencing...

multiple times (e.g. 1/15, 12/13, 18/19). These need to be combined using WP:Refname. There is a beginners guide at WP:ERB. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:15, 29 November...

the other form. If you want to repeat a cite in the second case, see WP:REFNAME. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:36, 21 April 2022 (UTC) I cleared out a bunch...

add it (the ref) as many times as needed, then use Refill2. Or see WP:REFNAME. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC) @Danstarr69: Alternatively...

August 2013 (UTC) Morning277 has stopped using the short, capitalized refnames since I wrote the LTA report. The Travel Shark article was posted very...

reference defined both through <ref name=xxxxx> and through {{singlechart|...|refname=xxxx}}. Hopefully one of the existing bots with a good search capability...

times in an article, but the way you7re seeing it done is explained in WP:REFNAME. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:48, 14 August 2018 (UTC) Thank you for the prompt...

version of that reference, and that's the one you'd need to edit. See WP:REFNAME to understand how references can be re-used without having to retype them...

the title in italics). Jc3s5h (talk) 02:08, 27 October 2009 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 12:32, 27 October 2009 (UTC) Please also see...

digits. Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: using a source more than once (aka WP:REFNAME) has full details, Coryphantha. I hope that page is helpful. DES (talk)DESiegel...

writing about. Secondly, some sources seem to be repeats. Please see WP:REFNAME for a user-friendly guide on how to merge repeated cites to the same source...

source used multiple times would always have the same call number. (See WP:REFNAME.) This is a common practice in Wikipedia and is helpful in enabling readers...

Chillaxing}}</ref>; or perhaps like this: <ref name="refname"/>. If you don't see the name="refname" part, then just add it inside the opening <ref> tag...

name if you wish, then call it up whenever you need to reuse it. See WP:REFNAME for details, and use template {{RP}} to add a different page number each...

reference elsewhere in the article verify the content? If so, use the WP:REFNAME function to re-use the reference for that assertion. Formulate a competent...

options to make it easier for yourself. The easiest is described at WP:REFNAME. For books, I sometimes use {{sfn}}. This lets you cite different pages...

looks like <ref name="RefName">...</ref>{{Rp|10–12}}. Cites to other pages in the same source can be done with just {{R|RefName|p=22}}. —[AlanM1 (talk)]—...

you click on "References", in edit mode you can see them beginning with "refname=ActionBF1" etc... There are dozens of them. These are "invisible" in read...

Draft:Amit Gefen, I have a few suggestions. First, please have a look at WP:REFNAME about named references. It allows you to use the same reference on multiple...

listed all of the formatted references in the "Reference" section using WP:REFNAME, but then didn't add corresponding footnotes to the body of the article...

footnoting since 2009 and 2011, when I was convinced to start adding the refname= tag. auntieruth (talk) 19:40, 18 September 2017 (UTC) Coordinator query:...

14:14, 3 June 2023 (UTC) Hi IP 175.38.42.62. Please take a look at WP:REFNAME because it explains how to handle such situations. -- Marchjuly (talk)...

re-use references. I have less experience with the Source Editor, but WP:REFNAME might help – you basically give the reference a shorthand name and use...

refer to a certain named reference again, the correct code is <ref name="RefName" />; if you omit the "/", that will be interpreted as the beginning of...

name="Companies In The UK" /> but you have never defined this reference. See WP:REFNAME. -- Gadget850 talk 11:35, 14 April 2015 (UTC) Also and more importantly...

AshleeCrane edit ElenaCobb edit LeonidaBishop1 edit) SAOTY edit The use of e.g. <refname=Revivalistics> + {{rp}}, e.g. Dellankss edit SuzieMillen edit, I will describe...

Hello, TruthLover123. You can use the coding technique described at WP:REFNAME to define a reference just once but use it repeatedly within an article...

Malkin Bcmalkin (talk) 09:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC) The documentation at WP:REFNAME explains this. In short, the first time the reference is used, give it...

actually inside the infobox code.) See WP:FOOT. (Edit: specifically, see: WP:REFNAME.) See Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine. Maybe you can archive the page...

of) and must have double quotations ("...") if the refname has a space in it. See also WP:REFNAME, it's a bit more in-depth. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 12:29...

couple of ways to do what I think you'd like to do. Try looking at WP:REFNAME and Template:Rp for a simple way, and WP:HARV and WP:SFN for a little more...

the new version. That reference was repeated, so I combined them with refname. I checked only the titles in the references, but also noticed that the...

intended to back up was the injury count (though admittedly I used the wrong refname... oops. Fixed that, but the rest of my rationale stands). Juliancolton...

because many of them are cited multiple times but without the proper WP:REFNAME tag. Then, looking past that, it is clear that the all but a few of them...

Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 11:00, 25 May 2015 (UTC) Despite using WP:Refname I cannot apply this to cite reference 2 twice in User:Rubbish computer/Composed...

the 1977 children's prize) with this one: As you see, I've given it a refname of "65YRS"" and used the {{rp}} template to specify the page number within...

you should be doing is creating a reference and then using <ref name="refname"/> to refer to it. Anything else will lead to a fuck up. If you're using...

a reference if it applies to more than one factual statement. (See WP:REFNAME for how to do this.) The only exception is perhaps in the lead section...

some reason I'd used the same full ref twice instead of just using the refname. Doh. Fixed. This being my first trial by fire time through FAC, is no...

by that name, without having to reenter all the details again. See WP:REFNAME for a full explanation. You can then use the {{rp}} template to add specific...

the same reference multiple times in an article, use this guidance: WP:REFNAME. Thanks for contributing! LaTeeDa (talk) 15:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC) LaTeeDa...

source used multiple times would always have the same call number. (See WP:REFNAME.) This is a common practice in Wikipedia and is helpful in enabling readers...

her multitude of self-serving references, including right down to the refnames of the references. I also did an exhaustive and well documented study of...

citation is being used to support multiple statements in the article (see WP:REFNAME for more on this); so, the edit you want to make is either removing a citation...

help page. --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:52, 20 March 2013 (UTC) Don't use refname for cites that occur only once. Roger (talk) 15:51, 20 March 2013 (UTC)...

User:Physchim62 (contribs, talk) edited Isobutylene (diff, hist) Added: '<refname' ('' -> '"ICSC">{{ICSC-ref|1027|name=Isobutene|date=April 2000}}</ref>'...

(talk • contribs) 10:34, 9 October 2012‎ You can read about this at WP:REFNAME. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC) I usually run the...

PubMed citation in your draft of a shoot 'em up software article? See WP:REFNAME for how to re-use a citation many times. Nick Moyes (talk) 16:04, 25 June...

(talk) 16:29, 30 June 2012 (UTC) Actually I think the problem was that a refname tag had been misformatted. Instead of writing <ref name="xyz/"> make sure...

this helps... I went ahead and fixed the problem on your page. I added <refname="Arnold"> to the ref (see how it looks in wikitext). That way you can use...

reflist tag and the references are within my text. How do I link those refnames to my citations? Thank you. A1ProtocolX (talk) 13:41, 16 September 2022...

my referencesname IBenjZz (talk) 19:43, 6 April 2025 (UTC) @IBenjZz the refname error doesn't matter especially given all the references were to social...

Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 345#Pandora Refname 3 Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 345#Refname Style guide needed. 3 Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive...

linked to a full citation that uses the same name - see Help:Footnotes#WP:REFNAME. Mikenorton (talk) 08:20, 31 July 2019 (UTC) Could someone delete Draft:F...

"ref". If the reference is used more than once and you see "<ref name=refname/>", click on the letters a, b, c after the arrow.— Vchimpanzee · talk ·...

tag (example: &lt;ref name="ref 1&gt;) or an illegal character per [[WP:REFNAME]] or an empty name (example: &lt;ref name=""&gt;). <br> Following tools...

multiple times by using the named reference technique. Please read WP:REFNAME and follow the syntax carefully. Cullen328 (talk) 19:36, 25 September 2024...

wearing glasses that block blue light in the hours before bedtime. The refname format can only have one word and a set number of characters. Put it in...

July 2018 (UTC) Definitely much better. It looks like you're representing refnames as author names in Bibliography, which I'm not a fan of - suggest using...

dead links are allowed, removal of refs 65 and 68 since these are using a refname cited from the table so are not duplicates while ref 66 is needed separately...

name=chosen name abc/> without any other information whatsoever. See WP:REFNAME for more info. hmwitht 18:02, 2 September 2009 (UTC) See Hazel Walker or...

you in advance, Hammerdrill (talk) 15:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME. You can name your ref tags and then use them in more than one place. --Teratornis...

(called a 'refname'), then on subsequent uses you 'call it up' by that name, without having to re-enter all the details again. See WP:REFNAME for a full...

I said about using it again later on by adding a closing slash. See WP:REFNAME for more. If you're talking about using other Wikipedia articles as references...

find more independent sources that focus on the individual. Further, the 'refname' had been invoked but never used and instead, the same reference had been...

name=abcde. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:43, 23 February 2010 (UTC) See Wikipedia:REFNAME for details. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 22:45, 23 February 2010 (UTC) Resolved...

to add more nuanced content, such as links to sub-sections, templates, refnames, interwiki links etc. That said, you will never be able to link to one...

publication date etc. You can use one reference multiple times by allocating a 'refname' to it, then just adding a different page number to each one using the...

as it's been changed to only have a refname, and I do not know how to invoke the citation when it's only a refname. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk)...

more than once, you can do so without duplicating the footnote by using a refname tag. For a full explanation, see multiple references to the same footnote...

Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 12:30, 18 November 2010 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 03:57, 20 November 2010 (UTC) Dear Sir I am contacting...

reviewers and thus your draft takes longer to be reviewed. More info in WP:REFNAME if you add any more sources! The thing with biographies of living people...

8 August 2023 (UTC) Akropolis17, you can use named references, see WP:REFNAME. TSventon (talk) 13:55, 8 August 2023 (UTC) @Akropolis17 The link above...

once then you can also omit the name and just write <ref>. See more at WP:REFNAME. Also see Wikipedia:Citing IMDb. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:17, 23 April 2018...

reference to Fireboats_of_New_York_City. But that reference used the same refname as an earlier reference. When I checked I saw the two references used the...

specific in mainspace (spot duplicate use of citations and tidy them with a refname labelled on the first use) and I don't know how to check if one exists...

and then maybe this: reference{{rp|372}}. For more guidance read WP:REFNAME, and let us know if this has helped ... or confused you! Nick Moyes (talk)...

because many of them are cited multiple times but without the proper WP:REFNAME tag. Then, looking past that, it is clear that the all but a few of them...

journal by William Supernaugh, is cited over twenty times. Please read WP:REFNAME for the details about how to do so. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 20:37, 13...

with letters "a,b,c,d . . ." keyed to each usage. Please refer to WP:REFNAME for complete details. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:38, 29 August 2014...

have a "date"? - W.carter (talk) 07:36, 1 June 2014 (UTC) Hi W.carter. WP:REFNAME says: Quotes are optional if the only characters used are letters A–Z,...

comment added by IR.Grainger (talk • contribs) 14:31, 2 June 2016 (UTC) WP:REFNAME explains how to combine the references into a single one that can be used...

when you are seeing 1abcde this is usually achieved by using the trick of REFNAME. A great tool if you want to make really good, referenced, and verifiable...

09:39, 4 August 2021 (UTC) @Andyisediting: I like Template:Rp used with refnames. DuncanHill (talk) 09:51, 4 August 2021 (UTC) @Andyisediting: I've made...

references names (only needed if you use the same source more than once, see WP:REFNAME), the name cannot be just a number; so instead of "6", as in the example...

unsigned comment added by Csuenm (talk • contribs) This is described at WP:REFNAME. You need to adjust your first reference to say <ref name="Favaloro">Favaloro...

Instructions for using the same source multiple times can be found at WP:REFNAME. Hope this helps! DonIago (talk) 14:11, 9 August 2013 (UTC) Hello, I am...

Thanks a lot! ~~ Dr Dec (Talk) ~~ 16:51, 20 October 2009 (UTC) See WP:REFNAME for details. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 16:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC) Resolved...

2015 (UTC) @Qwertyxp2000: You might want to have the template link to WP:REFNAME instead of the AWB page. GoingBatty (talk) 01:20, 7 April 2015 (UTC) @Qwertyxp2000:...

wasn't a priority for them to change. Or even provide an easy way to edit refnames. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 11:58, 7 December 2018 (UTC) Yup, that's not really...

Thanks in advance,SwisterTwister (talk) 21:05, 5 June 2010 (UTC) Yes, using refnames. Instead of typing <ref>http://www.example.com</ref>, type <ref...

Despite our all efforts of giving references, external links, citation and refname, we guess still there is something lacking. What is that, please guide...

first instances of wikilinks, abbreviations (spelt out in full) and any refname formatted cites would be in the wrong order. I have e-mailed a very good...

11:06, 24 April 2011 (UTC) The relevant policy/guideline pages are WP:REFNAME, WP:CITEFOOT, and WP:NAMEDREFS. Grouping duplicate references is highly...

maybe the bot could only patrol articles that already make use of the refname parameter. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 19:57, 26 January 2017...

Teahouse. Your first issue should be solved with "named references". See WP:REFNAME for detailed instructions. For the second issue {{cite book}} has provisions...

sometimes amounts to personal opinion. Oh, someone broke note 150 by using a refname that isn't defined. --Andy Walsh (talk) 01:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC) Comment...

Apparantly, it works with no equal sign, in that case. Who knew? (WP:REFNAME has got it correct.) Thanks a lot. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 15:55, 24 July...

below) is duplicated and appears more than once in the ref section, a WP:REFNAME should be used instead. {{cite web |url=http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article...

was not true, the Times1 Times2 thing, unless you are looking at the "refname" according to the link created, in which case it seems Wikipedia has duped...

URLs. And it be worth tidying up the refs used more than once, see WP:REFNAME. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:38, 9 January 2017 (UTC) Hi, I noticed on the...

that will give me either or both of the following for improvement using refnames and the rp template. Articles where the content of more than one ref is...

instances of the same source being cited. That is without properly using WP:REFNAME. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 00:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC) Wikipedia:reFill...

logical, this is not how to do it. See WP:REFB for information, and WP:REFNAME if you wish to use the same source twice. The draft will be declined while...

reference list (#6). Perhaps you were trying to figure out how to use the wp:refname function? What were you trying to cite there? I also noticed several other...

article is solved by using the "name=" construct of the ref tag. See WP:REFNAME. You can use both "group=" and "name=" in the same ref to create a single...

(contribs, talk) edited Properties_of_water (diff, hist) Changed: 'K]])<refname' ('' -> '"VSMOW">[[Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water]] (VSMOW), used for...

source without page numbers, use it multiple times as specified in WP:REFNAME, and then use {{rp}} to specify the page number for each individual citation...

times as you want. This reduces clutter in your reference list. See WP:REFNAME for the coding details. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 23:52, 6 May 2016 (UTC)...

Previous article existed but was never sourced (the original creation had refname tags but no references; searching The AV Club's archive also turned up...

cited the self-published book elsewhere Remove repeated refences. See WP:REFNAME for guidance on how to use and then reuse the same references in a way...

clicking the refname box, highlighting and copying, closing the dialog, moving the cursor to new location, clicking reference icon, clicking refname box and...

WP:REFTOOLS script The following refs (code pasted below) are duplicated, a WP:REFNAME should be used instead Ebrey (1999), 73. Fixed. Loewe (1986), 136. Fixed...

can refer to the same reference simply with <ref name="foo" />. See WP:REFNAME for more information. Intelligentsium 18:07, 30 April 2016 (UTC) Actually...

not done:[49]. I reinserted the url and author name here: [50]. Why the refname was removed I don't understand. If the text is available by url, we should...

informed when we use a reference multiple times we add the "/" after the refname and it copies it, but, what if the reference, which is in the same book...

toolbar or type <ref name=selectedname /> to use it again. Please see WP:REFNAME for a fuller explanation - Arjayay (talk) 17:42, 10 January 2016 (UTC)...

same footnote multiple times[edit] For more details on this topic, see WP:REFNAME. Add a name attribute when creating a footnote <ref name="name">citation...

December 2017 (UTC) Welcome to the Teahouse, UnlikelySailor. Please read WP:REFNAME for technical details about how to create a named reference, so that references...

and confuse what "ibid" is referring to, so instead you can use the WP:Refname coding when you have repeated footnotes to one source. You also need to...

05:25, 1 December 2014 (UTC) Please use the technique described at WP:REFNAME to define a reference once, and reuse it several times. This will clean...

and copied it to my sandbox. I then added a ref in the body without a refname. It appeared to work fine. Would you agree, then, that the doc is misleading...

Nature paper (currently FN 23 and 72). These should be combined with a refname.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 12:01, 4 May 2013 (UTC) Ah, good catch, I thought...

citation. You can learn how to resolve this by reading guidance at WP:REFNAME. I also found the lead a little too rambling and full of trivial quotes...

KlausJensen. For guidance on how to reuse sources in articles, see WP:REFNAME. TimothyJosephWood 16:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC) Thanks! KlausJensen (talk)...

others like <ref name="name" />. These are called "named refernces". See WP:REFNAME for more details on how to use them. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 18:43...

the same source repeatedly if it supports multiple statements (see WP:REFNAME for more). I know that's a lot to take in, but I hope it gives you a place...

MOS:LQ and (5) multiple citations to the same source can be combined per WP:REFNAME (if the page numbers are different Template:RP may be used). Other than...

Sagaciousphil (talk) 13:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC) What some folks do is use "refname" for all cites from the same book, but after the "/ref" tag they apply...

=Author|publisher=Company}}</ref> could be repeated in the article as <refname="somethingsomething" />. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:52, 17 June 2018 (UTC) Hi...

reference only appears once in the reference list. For details, please read WP:REFNAME. This technique would be perfect in this situation, in my opinion. To see...

then invoke it as many times as you want in an article. Please see WP:REFNAME for details. Be careful of the coding. Everything needs to be just right...

like you want to cite the same source multiple times, you might find WP:REFNAME helpful. Using "ref name" eliminates the need to use the full ref template...

Chrome/42.0.2311.135 Safari/537.36 Is it possible to manually add the refname into the template as although it is irrelevant to VisualEditor users a...

group=groupname>Content</ref>. You have used <ref>Content</ref> or <ref name=refname>Content</ref> but not used <ref group=groupname>Content</ref>. --David...

both in Footnotes Done. Identical footnotes should be combined per WP:REFNAME Done. Not quite - Goswami 2011, p. 152 Oops, got it. "Goswami 2011, pp...

reference name if the name meets the rules listed at {{refname rules}} since Sanitizer.php checks the refname and adds quotes to the rendered HTML if they are...

Booker 2009" don't link to the Cited Academic Texts. Refname problem? Fixed - it was a refname problem. --Mkativerata (talk) 02:47, 13 January 2011 (UTC)...

talkcontribs 03:34, 4 March 2010 (UTC) FWIW, you can remove everything after <refname="2005draft" /> in the 2005 table reference Fixed. Staxringold talkcontribs...

Matty.007 10:30, 29 May 2014 (UTC) Support once missing reference #94 (refname "monitor") is fixed.fixed Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 13:05, 29 May 2014...

However, thank you for pointing this problem out. It was fixed by using WP:REFNAME. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:50, 21 August 2020 (UTC) Oppose per GCG. – John...

building's height, so I removed it from the list. Refs 38 and 40 are the same, refname can be used to simplify. Those refs have now both been removed, per above...

will appear just once in the reference list. All of the details are at WP:REFNAME. I wrote Harry Yount, rated a Good article, that uses one reference 23...

(talk) 15:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC) * references being repeated where a refname would suffice, would see a reduction from 205 to about 130; example; 83...

fact that he has died, made some minor formatting changes and added a refname for the Eagle bio and used that namedref where it appeared in the article...

that orphaned references created by visualeditor will not be fixed. The refnames used by Visualeditor need to be unique to avoid this problem. Perhaps the...

some of your text to remove an error. You started correctly by using a WP:REFNAME which you called "foo". Then you created a second one called "Broadway...

(talk) 16:20, 19 April 2025 (UTC) @Medxvo: It can be fixed using the |refname= parameter; see template documentation for instructions on how to. Vestrian24Bio...

and spacing needs tidying. Refs 5 and 11, and 7 and 12 are the same, use refname to avoid repetition. --Jpeeling (talk) 10:49, 19 July 2009 (UTC) Done....

information within the same source. Is there a way to use the <ref name="RefName">{{Citation ...}}</ref> that exist in the article to indicate page numbers...

are about 4 different articles there that I am using as sources, so if I refnamed them all up I don't think it would reduce it too much, but I will get on...

March 2009 (UTC) Ref formatting (WP:REFTOOLS script) The following WP:REFNAME is used more than once to name a ref; a ref name should only name 1 specific...

sometimes amounts to personal opinion. Oh, someone broke note 150 by using a refname that isn't defined. --Andy Walsh (talk) 01:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC) Comment...

8 November 2013 (UTC) He was complaining because you changed <refname=I8/> to <refname="I8"/>, for example, which is a completely unnecessary edit. Such...

(UTC) As discussed last year, VE's method of automatically generating refnames :0 :1 :2 :3 :4 :5 :6 is problematic. I'd go so far as to call it a sin...

2016 (UTC) Thryduulf (talk) 13:32, 7 January 2016 (UTC) According to WP:REFNAME, ref names with apostrophes are not valid unless they have quotation marks...

to a reliable source exists elsewhere in the article, then use the WP:REFNAME function to re-use the reference repeatedly within the article. You mention...

to copy it to a temporary sandbox to clean up automatically generated refnames before taking it to the opioid/talk page. (This lead suffers from too many...

existing reference in the Allen Jacobs article could have been used (see WP:REFNAME for how to do that). Otherwise you have to find and add a new source: see...

WP:REFTOOLS script The following refs (code pasted below) are duplicated, a WP:REFNAME should be used instead Ebrey (1999), 73. Fixed. Loewe (1986), 136. Fixed...

at Template:Reflist#List-defined references. They will all have to have refnames. StarryGrandma (talk) 20:58, 25 April 2021 (UTC) @TipsyElephant: You can...

the new version. That reference was repeated, so I combined them with refname. I checked only the titles in the references, but also noticed that the...

2021 (UTC) Hi, given a page named "Page", containing reference <ref name="refname">...</ref>. How is that reference cited on "AnotherPage"? Thanks, ... PeterEasthope...

it’s also quite common. You should find the reason why this happens in WP:REFNAME. When you see this kind of thing, it basically means the same citation...

el programa del futuro tanque español", you can just merge them with WP:REFNAME. Link the dates in " Bibliography" so they are expanded like at WP:CITE/ES...

are referenced by the reference at the end of the paragraph i would put Refname there but ive been shouted at by a certain JC on IRC and told its redudant...

("Plans to lower height...") needs to be properly formatted There's a stray <refname> appearing in the body of the text Can someone help out with these? Thanks...

Earth (talk) 04:27, 20 July 2021 (UTC) Hello, Huge Earth. Please read WP:REFNAME to better understand named references. Please note that the word "name"...

various parts of the article, then carefully follow the instructions at WP:REFNAME. Once you assign a name to a reference, you can invoke it repeatedly with...

as values must not be purely numeric, try using ":1" instead. See WP:REFNAME for more info. Victor Schmidt (talk) 18:09, 3 September 2021 (UTC) I unfortunately...

Nature paper (currently FN 23 and 72). These should be combined with a refname.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 12:01, 4 May 2013 (UTC) Ah, good catch, I thought...

The first quote is cited elsewhere in the section, however I'll do a refname for clarity. I'll also work on the references and dig up some which are...

Another user correctly named and merged multiple duplicate footnotes per WP:REFNAME, like this and this, but filter 61 tags the refs as having been removed...

com/ a reliable source? Refs 9 and 28 can be combined (I think?) using WP:REFNAME. Refs 14 and 21 need periods at the end, to be consistent. You have web...

some reason I'd used the same full ref twice instead of just using the refname. Doh. Fixed. This being my first trial by fire time through FAC, is no...

want to keep after assessing it against WP:42 - then have a look at WP:REFNAME for a way to combine all those duplicates into a single source. To start...

determining what is likely to be contentious and moving some existing 'refname' cites up to it. I expect that would just be para 3 which I still have...

footnotes - first ref should use name="refname". The next time the ref is used you can use the name="refname" />. See WP:FOOT. Morphh (talk) 2:53, 05...

using the refname function is necesarry - I don't use that in any of my articles only citeshort and I don't believe there is any rule that refname is necesarry...

17 isn't working (I fixed 61). The following refs are duplicated, use a refname: Stein 1987, p. 82 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFStein1987 (help) Subrahmanyam...

much, but you have the refnames the same. Let me help you out here. EDIT: Okay, I fixed the references and changed the refnames to correspond each chart...

used elsewhere in the article. However, you don't need to do this. The refname parameter can be used easily like the {{singlechart}} and {{albumchart}}...

August 2010 (UTC) (e/c) See Wikipedia:Citing sources#Footnotes, or WP:REFNAME or Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners#Same reference used more than once...

footnoting since 2009 and 2011, when I was convinced to start adding the refname= tag. auntieruth (talk) 19:40, 18 September 2017 (UTC) Coordinator query:...

1950 FIFA World Cup. There's a reference on the original page that has a refname in the transcluded section, which I see is a common citation error. I've...

first instances of wikilinks, abbreviations (spelt out in full) and any refname formatted cites would be in the wrong order. I have e-mailed a very good...

removed a reference that was the "source" of a reused reference; see WP:REFNAME to see what I mean. However, even more problematic is that you added information...

place. When citing a source more than once, put <refname="namehere>reftext</ref> first, then <refname="namehere/> where you want the other citations with...

(talk) 00:03, 27 November 2008 (UTC) The relevant page about that is WP:REFNAME, just as an FYI for ya Tfhentz. :) —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 01:49, 8 December...

"final years" section needs a citation. Identical citations can use the "refname" citation format to combine them in the footnotes section. Instructions...

formatted references can all added to the "References" section and WP:REFNAME or a WP:SRF style can used to add the footnote markers to the article body...

Better Have My Money|award=Gold|type=single|access-date=December 31, 2015 |refname="francecert"}}}, {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|certyear=201...

ability to change ref names, VE will still need to automatically assign refnames, and ':0' is definitely not a good ref naming convention. On enwp we have...

here to report this same issue. In particular, automatically generating refnames using numbers is really problematic because the "name" given to the reference...

July 2018 (UTC) Definitely much better. It looks like you're representing refnames as author names in Bibliography, which I'm not a fan of - suggest using...

section. For sources that that are used multiple times, you can try using "<refname=[insert name here]..." Am I confusing you? Orane (talk • cont.) 07:51,...

the citations for you. Also, when repeating a reference you should use a refname rather than typing up a new reference to the same source. Hope that helps...

example in your article, but to answer your question briefly, it's at WP:REFNAME. SpinningSpark 22:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC) When will it come out????Do u have...

edits. I didn't "slam" anybody. I changed the parts that needed fixing: WP:REFNAME, a section title that was confusing, and two paragraphs of how to advice...

automatically generating sensible refnames, which should reduce the tension between VE users and non-VE users. Defining refnames is quite unintuitive for VE...

"Holbrook, pp 67–68"). The full titles are given below anyway. Consider using refname function so that multiple references can be made to the same page. These...

to find sources, I have named and un-duplicated the sources (more at WP:REFNAMES) and we're down to 17 from 31. This has removed some of the "quotes" but...

This site is used three times in the references; merge them all using WP:REFNAME. Fixed. --Eustress (talk) 04:50, 13 May 2008 (UTC) Link reference publishers...

then be easily used several times in the same article by just citing the refname, rather than inputting all the details each time. Karenjc 19:31, 16 August...

previously deleted at de:) 01:18, 12 Aug 2004 Guanaco deleted "Template:RefName" (content was: '{PAGENAME}{{delete}}') 01:17, 12 Aug 2004 Guanaco deleted...

for finding the timestamps. I've adjusted all the claims and replaced refname "bcem" with timestamped citations. Departure– (talk) 15:54, 13 January...

(talk) 00:03, 27 November 2008 (UTC) The relevant page about that is WP:REFNAME, just as an FYI for ya Tfhentz. :) —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 01:49, 8 December...

re-use the same reference in the article by using named references. (see WP:REFNAME) Lastly, I'd advise having a look at Bradford City A.F.C. season 2007–08...

image is added by the template itself ([[Template:DB Character]]), via the RefName parameter. · rodii · 14:11, 8 April 2006 (UTC) hi I have recently created...

to before looks like this (from the Vegetto article): {{DB Character| RefName=Vegetto| Appears in=DBZ| JapName=ベジット| RomName=Bejitto| AniName=Vegito|...

that reference later down and considered adding it to the intro using <refname>, but thought it was better to leave it as a comment here and let someone...

"final years" section needs a citation. Identical citations can use the "refname" citation format to combine them in the footnotes section. Instructions...

bibliography system. Mjroots (talk) 10:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC) Thankyou, the refname system is in use, I did find a few stray ones and hopefully have corrected...

more, it can be given a reference name to allow neater formatting. See WP:REFNAME for more information. Steve T • C 11:54, 12 March 2010 (UTC) Response Hi...

finds articles where someone has twice named a citation using the same refname. I'm looking for something which finds duplicate URLs, so that I can combine...

articles over and over gain, then some cleanup could probably be done per WP:REFNAME. If this is what she's done at "Ray Byars", then she probaly did the same...

as "Watarase 2021" or "wat21") are preferred to names like ":0" (see WP:REFNAME). Finally, the added citation says the Ashio-Ashio Honzan section (Ashio-Motoyama...

same, such as "Bowers 1964, p.226" (it is used multiple times), using WP:REFNAME. Gary King (talk) 17:10, 4 June 2008 (UTC) Added space after p. ; will...

is or why its reporting so. From my side I have extensively followed WP:refname. So if I am citing same page of a book, the named reference would repeat...

page. Fix that. Also, is number 2 and number 5 the same reference? If so, refname them. Not much is wrong, just a little bit. Good work! I believe that once...

determining what is likely to be contentious and moving some existing 'refname' cites up to it. I expect that would just be para 3 which I still have...

lot of the footnotes are duplicates that need to be combined with the "refname" footnote format. Otherwise, it should be good to go. Cla68 20:52, 17 October...

myself. Look at this pages history to see how I did it. UPDATE: found it WP:REFNAME About the lead - I suppose you could say something like this (my changes...

used to override the automatic use of Lastname-YYYY, for a given numeric refname value. This would be useful, in cases where a named reference doesn't use...

"final years" section needs a citation. Identical citations can use the "refname" citation format to combine them in the footnotes section. Instructions...

May 2025 (UTC) When quoting, I have to use refname to cite quotes. I have no idea how to find the refname of my citation (On the Killing of Jean Charles...

Hello, I'm trying to make a Wikipedia article for a children's webseries I made called Paperville Friend. How do I make a page! Thanks! LTDF2013YT (talk)...

correct template to mark them with. One thing to look out for is the use of refnames, as each instance will need to be removed. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested...

Special:Diff/1216711110. Is that an undefined refname that cannot be fixed? I don't think any of my examples are undefined refnames that cannot be fixed. I think in...

Here|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|id=1255|access-date=26 February 2021|refname="rmnz"}} ---- https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=1255 Ariana Grande...

content and yet somehow has been able to work out how to reference using refname on the first attempt in a single large diff? That seems highly unlikely...

lot of the footnotes are duplicates that need to be combined with the "refname" footnote format. Otherwise, it should be good to go. Cla68 20:52, 17 October...

title of the work that is being referenced, which is disfavored by WP:REFNAME, which asks that reference names be kept "short and simple" to avoid clutter...

GoingBatty (talk) 12:02, 22 June 2023 (UTC) @Methodeus Please see WP:REFNAME for the method we use to reuse a reference more than once (currently #3...

advantage of normal, named references. For that, you'd need to provide a refname in your */data table, and a way to access the name from the template code...

citation I use the shortened "refname=" form or, if page numbers are not the same, I state the author and page number, and use refname= for further notations...

account immediately messing with genres, including R&B; immediately using refname tags on already present sources. Compare A with B or C with D. Requesting...

as it's been changed to only have a refname, and I do not know how to invoke the citation when it's only a refname. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk)...

page have mainly been updating references (eg. giving them consistent refnames, making them list-defined, checking for dead sources, archiving, etc.)...

would probably be better to cite the source multiple times using either WP:REFNAME, WP:SFN or some other citation format, To me, such a thing is not a "cultural"...

problems with it, feel free to revert. I'm avoiding any that have a WP:REFNAME involved since I don't have the coding knowledge to tackle that cleanly...

properly while reducing the clutter. For the technical details, see WP:REFNAME. For an example in a Good article, see the reference list at Harry Yount...

the Teahouse! So, the example that you gave us is a named sourced (WP:REFNAME) and can only be used if that citation has the ref name parameter on it...

the same reference is used in multiple locations in the article - see WP:REFNAME. I've updated reference #17 to include both the live website and the archived...

doubliсation in reference list ~2026-33286-18 (talk) 05:27, 5 June 2026 (UTC) WP:REFNAME should be useful to you. In solidarity, 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them...

content in question is covered by this revert. That revert only removed refnames and not the full cite, which was removed separately for a different reason...

3 August 2026 (UTC) BRM-Chrysalis, (i) read, digest, and implement WP:REFNAME; (ii) an interview of somebody isn't an independent source about that person...

VisualEditor refnames are a menace, when people copy-paste lumps of articles they often produce clashes. Excerpt generates both undefined refname errors and...

tracking category and error message. If the large red error message that a refname is undefined goes regularly unnoticed (it's the most visible of such error...

June 2024 (UTC) We have a thorough guide on referencing here: Wikipedia:REFNAME. Ruslik_Zero 20:36, 14 June 2024 (UTC) thanks, i found what i needed with...

page numbers or anything), you can use the procedure spelled out at WP:REFNAME, giving the reference a name at the first usage and then using <ref name=XXXX...

August 2024 (UTC) @Theairportman33531 I've now fixed the issue, there was a refname hidden in the source editing which had FAA on it, I've not used it much...

Mrfoogles (talk) 14:48, 21 September 2025 (UTC) @תמי ניניו Full details at WP:REFNAME. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:12, 21 September 2025 (UTC) You should ask yourself...

(UTC) Template:efn supports a "name" parameter in a similar way to WP:REFNAME. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:18, 14 February 2023 (UTC) Thank you ColinFine...

Google Books. (paper ISBN 978-0333572917) I guess the edit [17] copied the refname from one of them without realizing you have to copy the definition. PrimeHunter...

information using an existing source. My initial thought was to use WP:REFNAME to avoid generating a duplicate citation. But that would either leave my...

tools allow for one reference to be named and used again and again. See WP:REFNAME if using Source Editor. Personally, I would use the {{rp}} template after...

Hi Mcljlm. I'm not very familiar with the VisualEditor, but perhaps WP:REFNAME will work in such cases. You might have use the Source editor for such...

the Visual Editor to call an optional template that returns the default refname for that template. That's all. ---- CharlesTGillingham (talk) 10:41, 9...

quite a bit more work. For a start, please read, digest, and implement WP:REFNAME. -- Hoary (talk) 21:03, 11 September 2025 (UTC) I will get that done. Thank...

com/ a reliable source? Refs 9 and 28 can be combined (I think?) using WP:REFNAME. Refs 14 and 21 need periods at the end, to be consistent. You have web...

because <ref name> hasn't been employed properly. @Evbless Please see WP:REFNAME for how to properly name and reuse refs without them ending up with a new...

February 2024 (UTC) Thank you for your guidance. I'm still not sure where the refname definition statement goes in the text, because I don't name anything anywhere...

02:13, 8 September 2023 (UTC) I like that one, he uses both autofill and refname. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:51, 8 September 2023 (UTC) This talk page...

@SpicyTofuNoodles: It's best to use the same reference; see Wikipedia:REFNAME for more details on how to do so. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:29, 25 July...

your article and used named references in the standard manner (see WP:REFNAME) for those surces you have used multiple times. In doing that, I note a...

one reference for The Sky's The Limit book, not 14 separate ones! See WP:REFNAME and how to use the {{RP}} template to indicate which page of a detailed...

LeGoldenBoots (talk) 14:21, 20 April 2023 (UTC) LeGoldenBoots see WP:REFNAME. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 14:23, 20 April 2023 (UTC) Alright, thank...

instance the endash scripts are regularly misused to incorrectly change refnames, template parameters, titles or quotes but MOS has no way of stopping such...

broken reference names to find the most recent revision that contains that refname so it can be restored? Shouldn't be too hard to write, right? Can the InternetArchiveBot...

Purplewowies (talk) 00:07, 8 July 2026 (UTC) Additionally, given that these bad refnames were introduced by a 23-year-old admin account in December 2025 using a...

November 2024 (UTC) Joel Russ, for this case, I'd recommend removing the refnames and appending the section anchor to the URL, so one points to https://wholeearth...

members section is unsourced. Could you add sources for these or use WP:REFNAMEs if they are in sources used earlier in the article? HurricaneZetaC 16:08...