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Such a conversion may be necessary in order to move text with many references from an article that uses the list-defined format to another article, or may be used to format all references in an article so that they all conform to the same format. It requires installation of the
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Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the
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Save the page, which merges the citation templates from the lower text box into the upper text box and removes the unused footnotes in the process.
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It explains concepts or processes used by the Knowledge (XXG) community. It is not one of
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Paste the list of references into the lower text box (after its existing contents).
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tool can automatically convert all references to the list-defined format.
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This page describes procedures to convert the references from
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where the references are defined in the reference list.
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tool and click the "Segregate refs for editing" button.
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Converting from the list-defined to the inline format
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Converting from the inline to the list-defined format
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search and replace operation to replace uses of the
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This page is currently inactive and is retained for
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how-to guide
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
consensus
Shortcut
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historical
village pump
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has been deprecated by community RfC since 2010
sfnp
Footnotes
List-defined references
References segregator
References segregator
regular expression
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reflist
References segregator
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Knowledge (XXG) referencing
Verifiability
No original research
Biographies of living persons
Reliable sources
Medicine

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