Template:Ran

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Usage

{{Rma}}

Creates a "reference, manually anchored", with layout matching the output of the usual < ref> machinery. It is typically used in a References or similar section of an article. Its syntax is borrowed to some extent from {{wikicite}}. Example

{{rma| tag=S1 | reference={{cite book|author=Smith, J.|title=The Big Book|year=1999}} }}

outputs

S1. Smith, J. (1999). The Big Book.

The S1 (for example) is the "manual anchor" – any string (preferably very short) assigned to the referenced work, and by which it will be referred later (typically using {{ran}}. The Smith source can then be referenced from article text using {{ran|S1}} (see below).

Citation templates such as {{cite book}} are not required; the following example uses "free text":

{{rma| tag=J | reference=Jones, B. (May 12, 1868). "Many thanks for the gift". Letter to A. Ames. }}

This outputs

J. Jones, B. (May 12, 1868). "Many thanks for the gift". Letter to A. Ames.

The default width of the tags column is 20px. If some of the tags are bigger than that, the |tw= parameter can be used to set a larger "tag width"; the same |tw= value should be used with all invocations of {{rma}} in the article so that all tags line up evenly.

{{Ran}}

Creates a superscript "callout" (visually similar to the usual callouts generated by <ref></ref>) to a source which is cited elsewhere in the article using {{rma}}. Example:

Smith disagrees.{{ran|S1}}

would appear in the article thus:

Smith disagrees.

(Click on the superscript to see how the linking operates.)

Like {{r}}, {{ran}} also accepts a |page= parameter:

Smith disagrees.{{ran|S1|page=22}}

would appear as:

Smith disagrees.

(|pages=, |p=, or |pp= can be used instead of |page=.)

See also

• Shortened footnotes in Wikipedia:Citing sources, which describes the most common way of citing multiple pages of the same source.
• {{sfn}}, a template that implements the most common way of citing multiple pages of the same source.
• Citation bundling in Wikipedia:Citing sources, a recommended way of combining a list of several consecutive footnotes into a single footnote.
• Wikipedia:Footnotes
• Wikipedia:Citing sources