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will show the same superscript number, with a suffix of a colon and, in this case 53, the page number. This format allows the reader to click to the reference section, and then click on other references from the same source.
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Rather than define hundreds of footnotes in a single list, various reftags could split to some named groupings, such as using "
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will show a superscript number: and list footnote "Named reftag function xx1" under the References below. The footnote name
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A reftag formats extremely fast, but users can become overwhelmed with more than 500 footnotes on a page.
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will show a superscript number: and list footnote "Example of tag:ref function" under the References.
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It explains concepts or processes used by the Knowledge (XXG) community. It is not one of
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template to list the footnotes. A reftag can also be defined by using wikitext function
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When citing different pages in a single source, a named ref can be followed by a
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can be reused, now using a different page number, say 53. This subsequent ref
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to define a footnote to be reused on a page by named ref,
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for a simple reftag footnote. However reftags can have a
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