Template:SfnRef
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This template creates an identifier that is used as alink anchor for short citations.Many articles are cited withshortened footnotes,which usuallylink to full citationsat the bottom of the page.{{SfnRef}}accepts the same parameters as most short citation templates[1]and create matching anchors when used in the|ref=parameter of the full citation. Most{{cite xxx}}templates will automatically generate the anchor, or landing point, for links. The anchor can be created manually in situations where the automatic anchors would cause issues including:
- Multiple authors with the same last name
- No known last name for the author
- Unusual characters in the author field
- Multiple works in the same year by the same author
- Year of publication unknown
Additionally some less commonly used citation templates, and all full citations written by hand can only be linked to with a manually created anchor.[2]
Examples
When citing an article published in the December 2004 edition ofRolling Stonewhere the author is unknown, you might create a short footnote as follows:
{{Sfn|Rolling Stone|2004}}You may code the value for the|ref=parameter manually, or you can use{{SfnRef}}and specify the same parameters as used with{{Sfn}}:
{{SfnRef|Rolling Stone|2004}}The full footnote:
{{Cite news |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |ref={{SfnRef|Rolling Stone|2004}} |date=December 2004}}You can copy and paste the{{Sfn}}template code and change the name of the template from "Sfn" to "SfnRef". If your short footnote includes page numbers such as{{Sfn|Rolling Stone|2004|p=48}},you can copy and paste it to create{{SfnRef|Rolling Stone|2004|p=48}};the|p=48parameter is not necessary but will do no harm.
Usage
{{SfnRef|Name|Year}}{{SfnRef|Name 1|Name 2|Name 3|Name 4|Year}}The template accepts up to four names and a year of publication. If there are more than four authors, list only the first four. The last parameter is the year of publication, optionally with a letter suffixed if there are multiple citations by the same set of authors in the same year. All named parameters, such as|p=are ignored.
| Reference | Sfnref anchor markup | Full citation | Short citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author and date are present | {{SfnRef|Smith|2024}}[3]
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Smith (2024).Title.Publisher. | Smith 2024 |
| Many authors and date are present | {{SfnRef |Doe |Pérez |Kowalski |Al-Fulani |2024}}[4]
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Doe, John; Pérez, Juan; Kowalski, Jan; Al-Fulani, Fulan; Horvat, Ivan; Hudjefa (2024).Title.Publisher. | Doe et al. 2024 |
| Author is publisher | {{SfnRef|Museum of Modern Art|2024}}
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Title.Museum of Modern Art. 2024. | Museum of Modern Art 2024 |
{{SfnRef|MoMA|2024}}
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MoMA (2024).Title.Museum of Modern Art. 2024. | MoMA 2024 | |
| Author is anonymous | {{SfnRef|Anonymous|2024}}[5]
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Anonymous (2024).Title.Publisher. | Anonymous 2024 |
| Author is missing | {{SfnRef|''Title''|2024}}
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Title.Publisher. 2024. | Title2024 |
{{SfnRef| "Title" |2024}}
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"Title".Work.Publisher. 2024. | "Title" 2024 | |
| Authors with the same name |
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| Date is missing | {{SfnRef|Smith|n.d.}}[6]
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Smith (n.d.).Title.Publisher. | Smith n.d. |
{{SfnRef|Smith}}[7]
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Smith.Title.Publisher. | Smith | |
| Date and author are missing | {{SfnRef|[Description]|n.d.}}[8]
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[Description].Publisher. n.d. | [Description] n.d. |
Purpose
This template creates the proper value for the|ref=parameter ofCitation Style 1templates ({{Cite journal}},{{Cite book}},{{Cite web}},etc.) and the genericCitation Style 2template{{Citation}}.[9]It is intended to be paired with{{Sfnp}},{{Sfn}},{{Harvp}},{{Harvnb}},and related templates, and uses the same arguments. As explained above,{{SfnRef}}is only necessary in a subset of the cases where those are used.
{{Sfnp}}and its variants create a short footnote that is linked to a full footnote. The templates create the link automatically, but the full footnote must be assigned the proper ID value to be a valid target for that link. This usually happens automatically using the full-citation template's author/editor and date/year parameters, but some cases need a custom anchor, and that is what{{SfnRef}}is for.
When using the Citation Style 1 and 2 family of citation templates, a default ID is generated from the last names of the first four authors (or editors if there are no authors specified). However, if none of|last=,|author=,|editor-last=,or their equivalents are present, use{{SfnRef}}inside the CS1/CS2 template's|ref=parameter to create a link anchor (perhaps using the publisher name or work title or an abbreviation thereof) without having to know the rules for how{{Sfnp}},etc., interpret the anchor ID string which is normally auto-generated.
The{{Vcite journal}}etc. templates (withVcite,notCitenames)requirethe use of{{SfnRef}}to work with{{Sfn}},{{Harvnb}},and related templates.
Consistent output:For use with CS1/CS2 templates,{{Sfnp}}and its{{Harvp}}companion produce the mostconsistent citation formatting.For use with Vancouver citation templates (and any other citation styles that do not put dates in parentheses/round-brackets), the matching short-footnote templates are{{Sfn}}and{{Harvnb}}.
See also
{{sfnref inline}}– a<span>-based version for use with manually formatted, non-templated citations{{citeref}}– a wrapper for{{SfnRef}}to create wikilinks with either superscript[n]or plain-text labels to other citations from inside a citation
Notes
- ^Such as
{{Sfnp}},{{Sfn}},{{Harvp}},and{{Harvnb}}. - ^This is includes theVancouver style templates,{{Cite comic}},and{{Cite court}}.Hand-written citations can be assigned an anchor with the{{wikicite}}template.
- ^This anchor would be created automatically inCS1citation templates using
|last=Smithand|date=2024in the full citation.|author=works the same as|last=.If neither "last" nor "author" are used,|editor=or|editor-last=will be used to create the anchor. If none of these parameters are used, the anchor must be created manually. - ^This anchor would be created automatically inCS1citation templates using
|last1=Doe,|last2=Pérez,and so on, along with|Date=2024in the full citation. - ^This anchor would be created automatically inCS1citation templates using
|Author=Anonymous. - ^This anchor would be created automatically inCS1citation templates using
|date=n.d.in the full citation. - ^This anchor would be created automatically inCS1citation templates leaving
|date=blank in the full citation. - ^This anchor would be created automatically inCS1citation templates using
|date=n.d.and|title=[Description]in the full citation. - ^As well as
{{Vcite journal}},{{Vcite journal}},{{Vcite book}}and other templates that generateVancouver systemreferences;{{cite comic}}for comics;{{cite court}}for U.S. court cases; and{{wikicite}}which wraps around handwritten citations.