Template:Efn/doc

Explanatory footnotes or Efn are footnotes that provide something other than, or more than, a reference to a source that supports the accompanying text. The first unnamed parameter is displayed as the content of the footnote.

Note: If the note's content contains an "=" character, a reference error will be displayed; precede the content with |1= (or one of its aliases, |text=, |reference=, or |content=) to fix the error.

The following explanation is transcluded from Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: predefined groups. {{#section:Help:footnotes|pregroup}}

Example articles

• Logic Theorist (a short article showing basic usage)
• Chinese room (a long and complex article which uses all the features: named footnotes, list defined notes, etc.)
• Empire of Brazil
• John Diefenbaker (with name= and notes in {{notes}})
• USS Monitor

Template data

Description:

Inserts an explanatory footnote. Notes can be named and grouped.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Note	1 reference text content	Text of the note	Content	suggested
Ref. name	name	Reference name of the note	String	optional
Reference group	group	Styled group to which the note belongs. Unrecognized values are treated as "lower-alpha". Suggested values upper-alpha lower-greek note lower-roman upper-roman Default lower-alpha	String	optional

See also

• Template:Cref - A manual system alternative