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  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Template:Refideas

This template should be put on talk pages, and is used to list up to 21 references which may be useful for an article but either aren't yet included in the article or which could be used more.

The syntax is as follows:

{{Refideas
| (reference1)
| (reference2)
...
}}

Each "reference#" should be replaced by the information on a reference. The template currently accepts up to 21 such reference parameters. Whitespace (including carriage returns) before or after the pipes don't matter, so you can have each reference on a separate line if wanted (as in the sample below).

For example:

{{Refideas
| [https://www.example.com/article News article]. Example.com.
| [https://www.example.com/article2 Another news article]. Example.com.
}}

produces:

There is also a "comment" parameter. For example:

{{Refideas
| [https://www.example.com/article News article]. Example.com.
| [https://www.example.com/article2 Another news article]. Example.com.
| comment = These articles have good quotations.
}}

produces:

URLs containing equals signs

When an equals sign appears in an unnamed parameter, the template treats everything before the equals sign as a parameter name. Use |1= (and |2=, etc.) before the parameter value if the text contains an equals sign (such as in a URL):

{{Refideas 
| 1 = M. M. Loubser, Towards a Theory of Extinctive Prescription, 105 S. AFRICAN L.J. 34, 53 (1988). https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/tulr85&i=3
}}

produces:

Free sources

Sources which have information available as free content which is compatible with Wikipedia or released into the public domain should be listed separately because such content can be directly incorporated into articles, rather than being used as footnote references. Each reference to a free or public domain source can be added using the normal parameters except with an "f" before the parameter number. For example:

{{Refideas
| [https://www.example.com/article News article]. Example.com.
| [https://www.example.com/article2 Another news article]. Example.com.
| f1 = [https://www.example.com/cc-by-sa-page Some free source]. CC BY-SA 3.0.
}}

produces:

Already-used free resources can also be included in a separate section, by adding them with the parameter "u#" rather than "f#". For example:

{{Refideas
| f1 = [https://www.example.com/cc-by-sa-page Some free source]. CC BY-SA 3.0.
| u1 = [https://www.example.com/cc-by-sa-page2 Another free source].
| 1 = [https://www.example.com/article News article]. Example.com.
}}

produces:

Whenever a free source is listed, a category link appears below the image to help navigate to Category:Articles which could have free content incorporated from elsewhere.

Collapsing the box

By default, this box will be in an uncollapsed state – meaning if there are a lot of entries, it can take up a lot of space on the page. The parameter |state= can be used in this case.

For example:

{{Refideas
| state = collapsed
| [https://www.example.com/article News article]. Example.com.
| [https://www.example.com/article2 Another news article]. Example.com.

}}

produces:

Article edit notices

Since November 2023, {{Refideas editnotice}} is automatically added to articles which have {{Refideas}} on their talk page. Further information regarding its implementation can be found here and here.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Refideas in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Refideas

A talk page banner that lists references that could be used to expand the article

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Reference 11

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Linesuggested
Reference 22

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 33

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 44

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 55

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 66

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 77

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 88

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 99

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1010

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1111

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1212

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1313

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1414

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1515

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1616

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 1717

A reference that could be used to expand this article

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Reference 1818

A reference that could be used to expand this article

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Reference 1919

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 2020

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
Reference 2121

A reference that could be used to expand this article

Lineoptional
smallsmall

If true, makes the banner smaller

Default
false
Booleanoptional
statestate

Can be used to collapse or shorten the banner

Suggested values
collapsed plain
Unknownoptional
commentcomment

Comment to append to the end of the banner

Stringoptional
Free reference 1f1

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 1f2

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 2f3

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 3f4

A [[free contente]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 4f5

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 5f6

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 6f7

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 7f8

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 8f9

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 9f10

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 10f11

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 11f12

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 12f13

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 13f14

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 14f15

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 15f16

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 16f17

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 17f18

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 18f19

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 19f21

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Free reference 20f20

A [[free content]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be

Lineoptional
Used free reference 1u1

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 2u2

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 3u3

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 4u4

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 5u5

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 6u6

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 7u7

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 8u8

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 9u9

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 10u10

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 11u11

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 12u12

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 13u13

A [[free content] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 14u14

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 15u15

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 16u16

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 17u17

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 18u18

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 19u19

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 20u20

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional
Used free reference 21u21

A [[free content]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.

Lineoptional

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