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Usage edit
{{smallrefs}} {{smallrefs|10pt}} {{smallrefs|columns=2}}
Use in place of <references/>
when a smaller type size is desired, with optional control over the specific type size and the number of columns rendered (in browsers that implement CSS columns).
Parameters edit
All parameters are optional.
- first parameter (unnamed)
- Font size; this sets the CSS
font-size
attribute ("12px", "10pt", "0.8em", etc.; default is "83%") columns
(or second parameter)- number of columns for references; this sets the CSS
column-count
attribute rule
yes
to add a rule above the referencesgroup
(needs to be called by name)- for named groups as per reference group
refx
(needs to be called by name)- for including texts within <references /> where named reference only appears specifically in the body text itself. See Cite.
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 fs | Size of references | String | optional |
columns | 2 columns | Number of columns to display references or footnotes as. | Number | suggested |
rule | rule | Adds or removes a rule above the references
| Unknown | optional |
lh | lh | no description | Unknown | optional |
refs | refs | Add (named) references directly in the smallrefs template, which can be referenced directly in a page. | Content | optional |
refx | refx | for including texts within <nowiki><references /></nowiki> where named reference only appears specifically in the body text itself. See [[mw:Extension:Cite/Cite.php#List-defined references|Cite]]. | Unknown | optional |
group | group | for named groups as per [[w:Wikipedia:Footnotes#Footnotes: groups|reference group]] | String | optional |