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{{for|more information about footnotes and reference lists|Help:Footnotes}}

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==When is an AGRL displayed?==

AnAGRAn LAGRL is displayed whenever a page contains "reference markup" but no "reference list markup".

As shown in the following table, "reference markup" includes {{tag|ref}} tags and templates containing information meant to be displayed in a reference list (footnote section) near the bottom of the page.<br>"Reference list markup" is either a {{tag|references|single}} tag or a {{tl|reflist}} template, both of which indicate the position on the page where the reference list should be displayed.

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In most cases, it is sufficient to add reference list markup such as the following. This will display a header and the reference list at the position where it should appear.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

<pre style="width: 10em;">

==References==

{{reflist}}

</syntaxhighlight>

</pre>

On talk pages, the {{tl|reflist-talk}} template can be used to add a reference list to a specific discussion.

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The template should be added at the end of the section that contains the reference markup which is causing the AGRL to be displayed. The reference list will be displayed within a bordered box.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">

<pre style="width: 10em;">

==Section 1==

{{reflist-talk}}

==Section 2==

</syntaxhighlight>

</pre>

==Bugs==

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* If a closing {{tag|ref|c}} tag is missing before properly included reference list markup then the reference list markup is exposed. {{phab|17712}}

* Articles that are exported to wikis with older software will not show the AGRL.

==See also==

*[[User:GreenC bot/Job 8|Reftalk]], a bot that adds {{tlx|reflist-talk}} to candidate talk page sections

[[Category:Wikipedia citation administration]]