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Template:Notelist

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Purpose

This template displays explanatory notes created with {{Efn}} or grouped <ref> tags.

It is intended for notes, comments, clarifications, and additional explanations that are separate from source citations.

Basic usage

This is the main article text.{{Efn|This is an explanatory note.}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

Multiple notes

The company was founded in 2010.{{Efn|Some sources give 2011 as the founding year.}}

Its original office was located in London.{{Efn|The registered office was located elsewhere.}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

Column width

For a long list of notes:

{{Notelist|30em}}

Alternatively:

{{Notelist|colwidth=30em}}

Custom group

For manually grouped notes:

This is an explanatory statement.<ref group="note">Additional explanatory information.</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist|group=note}}

The group used by the note and the group supplied to {{Notelist}} must be identical.

Defined notes

Notes may be defined inside the template:

Text containing a named note.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="example" />

==Notes==
{{Notelist
|refs=
<ref group="lower-alpha" name="example">The complete explanatory note.</ref>
}}

Parameters

  • 1 or colwidth — optional column width, such as 30em.
  • group — note group; defaults to lower-alpha.
  • responsive — controls responsive reference columns; defaults to 1.
  • refs — optionally defines named notes inside the template.

Difference between Notelist and Reflist

{{Efn|Explanatory note}}
{{Notelist}}

is for explanatory notes.

<ref>{{Cite web
|title=Example source
|url=https://example.com
}}</ref>
{{Reflist}}

is for source citations.