Template:Refideas/doc

Usage

This template should be put on talk pages, and is used to list up to 21 references which may be useful for an article but either aren't yet included in the article or which could be used more.

The syntax is as follows:

{{Refideas
| (reference1)
| (reference2)
...
}}

Each "reference#" should be replaced by the information on a reference. The template currently accepts up to 21 such reference parameters. Whitespace (including carriage returns) before or after the pipes don't matter, so you can have each reference on a separate line if wanted (as in the sample below).

For example:

{{Refideas
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
}}

produces:

[You cannot actually use Wikipedia pages as sources in articles; this is just a formatting example.]

There is also a "comment" parameter. For example:

{{Refideas
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
| comment = These sources are already on Wikipedia!
}}

produces:

URLs containing equals signs

When an equals sign appears in an unnamed parameter, the template treats everything before the equals sign as a parameter name. Use |1= (and |2=, etc.) before the parameter value if the text contains an equals sign (such as in a URL):

{{Refideas 
| 1=M. M. Loubser, Towards a Theory of Extinctive Prescription, 105 S. AFRICAN L.J. 34, 53 (1988). https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/tulr85&i=3
}}

produces:

Free sources

Sources which have information available as free content which is compatible with Wikipedia or released into the public domain should be listed separately because such content can be directly incorporated into articles, rather than being used as footnote references. Each reference to a free or public domain source can be added using the normal parameters except with an "f" before the parameter number. For example:

{{Refideas
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
| f1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights Some free source]. CC BY-SA 3.0.
}}

produces:

Already-used free resources can also be included in a separate section, by adding them with the parameter "u#" rather than "f#". For example:

{{Refideas
| f1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights Some free source]. CC BY-SA 3.0.
| u1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Another free source].
| 1 = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
}}

produces:

Whenever a free source is listed, a category link appears below the image to help navigate to Category:Articles which could have free content incorporated from elsewhere.

Collapsing the box

By default, this box will be in an uncollapsed state – meaning if there are a lot of entries, it can take up a lot of space on the page. The parameter |state= can be used in this case.

For example:

{{Refideas
|  state=collapsed
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page]. Wikipedia.
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles Featured Articles]. Wikipedia.
}}

produces:

TemplateData

A talk page banner that lists references that could be used to expand the article

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Reference 1	1	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	suggested
Reference 2	2	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 3	3	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 4	4	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 5	5	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 6	6	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 7	7	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 8	8	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 9	9	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 10	10	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 11	11	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 12	12	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 13	13	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 14	14	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 15	15	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 16	16	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 17	17	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 18	18	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 19	19	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 20	20	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
Reference 20	21	A reference that could be used to expand this article	Line	optional
small	small	If true, makes the banner smaller Default false	Boolean	optional
state	state	Can be used to collapse or shorten the banner Suggested values collapsed plain	Unknown	optional
comment	comment	Comment to append to the end of the banner	String	optional
Free reference 1	f1	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 1	f2	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 2	f3	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 3	f4	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 4	f5	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 5	f6	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 6	f7	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 7	f8	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 8	f9	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 9	f10	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 10	f11	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 11	f12	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 12	f13	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 13	f14	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 14	f15	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 15	f16	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 16	f17	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 17	f18	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 18	f19	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 19	f21	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Free reference 20	f20	A [[free culture]] reference that is not currently used in the article, but could be	Line	optional
Used free reference 1	u1	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 2	u2	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 3	u3	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 4	u4	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 5	u5	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 6	u6	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 7	u7	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 8	u8	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 9	u9	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 10	u10	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 11	u11	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 12	u12	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 13	u13	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 14	u14	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 15	u15	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 16	u16	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 17	u17	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 18	u18	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 19	u19	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 20	u20	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional
Used free reference 21	u21	A [[free culture]] reference already used in the article, but could still be used to expand it.	Line	optional

See also

• Category:Articles which could have free content incorporated from elsewhere