Template:Edit refs
When you are reading an article and see a references section near the bottom populated by a series of numbered citations, you might think that if you edit the page, you will see those citations typed in that section and be able to edit them. However, usually what you will see is markup similar to this:
==References==
{{Help:Introduction to referencing, and Wikipedia:Citing sources.
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This template addresses the not uncommon confusion encountered when users first seek to edit inline citations, but instead of finding the citations' text in the references section, see only {{Reflist}} or <references/>.
Usage
- This template should always be substitutedby prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus, use {{subst:
Edit refs}}, rather than{{Edit refs}}. - You can indent the template by typing one or more colons before the template code, e.g.,
:{{subst:Edit refs}}. - The indentation level you specify using colons, per above, is maintained across the template's paragraph breaks by the use of
<p>tags, instead of line breaks. - The template does not include automatic signing. Please remember to sign by typing four tildes (~) after the template syntax.