This template is a version of {{Reflist}} designed for sections of talk pages and other, non-article sections (e.g. blocks of example text with citations in a guideline, a how-to essay, or a template's documentation page).
{{Reflist-talk}} creates a list of references for a talk page discussion within a particular section. The list has the default title: References. To distinguish it from an article's References section, it appears within a bordered box.
This template could also be useful on other types of non-mainspace pages structured with section headers, e.g., for a section in a user's sandbox.
To create a section-level reference box in a section containing references within <ref></ref> tags, add the following wikitext to the end of a section:
{{Reflist-talk}}
When having a discussion with new editors or others who might not know how to work with this template, add the following wikitext to the section's end to create a section-level reference box plus task-oriented instructions in a hidden comment:
{{Reflist-talk}}<!-- Template:Reflist-talk creates a section-level reference list box. Please add comments and references for this section's discussion above this template. When a new discussion begins, the new section will be added below this template. Add a new {{Reflist-talk}} at the end of that section if needed. -->
This hidden comment has instructions designed to keep the wikitext in the right order.
There are no required parameters. When using all parameters, the basic syntax is: {{Reflist-talk|colwidth=|title=|group=|refs=}}
|title= specifies the box title, which defaults to References if this parameter is omitted. The box title will be blank if this parameter is included without an argument (that is, without any text after the equal sign).
The template recognizes these features of {{Reflist}}:
|colwidth=: state in ems, a typographic unit of measurement.
|refs=: used with List-defined references.
|group=: identifies by name the subset of references to be rendered; the value should correspond to that used inline, e.g., {{Reflist-talk|group=groupname}} renders all references with groupname as the group name (<ref group=groupname>). There are five predefined group names that style the list differently. See Reflist § Grouped references
The template should be placed after the discussion that includes the references, as it will include all references before the template that haven't been claimed by a previous template.
Obsolete parameter
This parameter is no longer in use:
close: Until 2014, the parameter |close=1 was used to work around a bug. When the bug was fixed, this was removed.
Limitations
Do not indent this template
This template does not work correctly if indented with colons as is usual with talk page discussions.
Indenting also is unnecessary, because indentation is irrelevant to it: the reference box contains all the references from all posts in the section from all editors. Plus, it is set apart from other text through its own style, including a light, boxed outline. See this discussion for further details about this limitation.
Incorrectly boxed example
If you add : before it, the references do not appear inside the box as expected, but rather you get an indented empty dashed box, followed by the references, which are not indented:[1]
References
^Incorrectly boxed example reference
Correctly boxed example
If this is fixed, the above example would display inside a correctly-indented box, which would look like the following:[1]
References
^Correctly boxed example reference
Redirect from deleted template
{{Section references}} now redirects here to {{Reflist-talk}}. However, previously it was a different template that was deleted, with the existence of this template as part of the justification. See Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 March 2#Template:Section references for details.
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This template creates a list of references for a talk page discussion within a particular section.
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Section title
title
The title to display before the references
Default
References
String
optional
Columns / Column width
colwidth1
Passed to {{reflist}}. Two modes supported. First mode (deprecated): integer number of fixed columns into which the reference list is to be rendered. Second mode: typographic unit of measurement such as 'em', specifying the width for the reference list columns, e.g. '33em'; spaced '33 em' will not be recognized
Default
1 if < 11 references; otherwise 30em
String
optional
Group
group
Passed to {{reflist}}. Group is an identifier which restricts the references that are shown. Without this parameter, this template only shows references with no group identifier. With a group identifier specified, only references with a matching group identifier are handled. The rest are left alone.
String
optional
List of references
refs
Passed to {{reflist}}. Provides a space to define named references for use in the article. References defined in this space are not shown unless used somewhere in the article.
String
optional
Extra CSS
style
Additional CSS to apply
Unknown
optional
See also
{{Dummy ref}}
{{Fake heading}}
{{Notelist-talk}}
{{Sources-talk}}, a collapsed version of the above
Help:Automatically generated reference list
Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations—a how-to article with some additional considerations for citing sources
vteWikipedia referencing
Policies and guidelines
Verifiability
No original research
Biographies of living persons
Reliable sources
Medicine
Citing sources
Scientific citations
General advice
Citation needed
Find sources
Combining sources
Offline sources
Referencing styles
Citing sources
Citation Style 1
Citation Style 2
Citation Style Vancouver
LSA
Comics
Citation templates
Reflist template
Inline citations
Footnotes
Punctuation and footnotes
Shortened footnotes
Nesting footnotes
Help for beginners
Reference-tags
Citations quick reference
Introduction to referencing
Referencing with citation templates
Referencing without using templates
Referencing dos and don'ts
Citing Wikipedia
Advanced help
Cite link labels
Citation tools
Cite errors
Cite messages
Converting between references formats
Reference display customization
References and page numbers
Guidance on source reviewing at FAC
Template documentation
{{Edit refs}}
{{Refref}}
{{Refref2}}
{{Refstart}}
Tools
Wikipedia Library
Deprecated
Parenthetical referencing
vteWikipedia help pages
Visit the Teahouse or the Help desk for an interactive Q & A forum.
FAQs(?)
Reference desks(?)
Noticeboards(?)
Cheatsheet(?)
Directories(?)
About Wikipedia (?)
Administration
Purpose
Principles
Policies and guidelines
What Wikipedia is not
Disclaimer (parental advice)
Making requests
Who writes Wikipedia?
Help for readers (?)
FAQ
Books
Copyright
Glossary
Mobile access
Navigation
Other languages
Searching
Students
Viewing media
Contributingto Wikipedia (?)
Advice for young editors
Avoiding common mistakes
Etiquette
Simplified Manual of Style
Simplified rule-set
"Ignore all rules"
"The rules are principles"
Style-tips
Tip of the day
Your first article (article wizard)
Getting started (?)
Why create an account?
Introductions by topic
Graphics tutorials
Picture tutorial
IRC (live chat) tutorial
VisualEditor user guide
Dos and don'ts (?)
Accessibility
Biographies
Biographies (living)
Categorization
Consensus
Discussions
Disambiguation
Images
Leads
Links
Lists
References
Tables
Titles (of articles)
How-to pages andinformation pages (?)
Appealing blocks
Article deletion
Categories
Citations/references
Referencing for beginners
Citation Style 1
Cite errors
References and page numbers
Convert
Diff
Editing
Minor edit
toolbar
edit conflict
Find sources
Files
Footnotes
Image deletion
Infoboxes
Linking (link color)
Logging in
Merging
Page name
Renaming pages
Redirect
Passwords
Email confirmation
Reverting
Simple vandalism cleanup
Talk pages (archiving
simple archiving)
User contributions
WP search protocol
Coding (?)
Wiki markup
Barcharts
Calculations
Characters
Columns
Hidden text
HTML
Lists
Magic words
Music symbols
Sections
Sounds
Tables
Templates
Transclusion
URL
Visual files
Directories (?)
Abbreviations
Contents (Encyclopedia proper)
Departments
Editor's index
Essays
FAQs
Glossary
Guidelines
Manual of Style
Policies
Tasks
Tips
Tools
Missing ManualAsk for help on your talk page(?)
vteInline talk templates
Template
Shortcut
Parameter?
Example
Output
Notes
Thread level
{{Moved talk}}
Y
{{Moved talk|Dresden}}
Moved: was at Talk:Dresden
Used at the thread's current location
{{Moved talk to}}
Y
{{Moved talk to|Berlin}}
Moved to: Talk:Berlin
Used at the thread's former location
{{Thread retitled}}
Y
{{Thread retitled|Old title}}
Thread retitled from "Old title".
Per Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Section headings
Opening
{{Botsum}}
{{sbb}}
{{sbb}}
(Summoned by bot)
Can be used in requests for comment
{{Buttinsky}}
{{Buttinsky}}
( Buttinsky)
A variation of {{Talk page stalker}}
{{Edit conflict}}
{{ec}}
(Y)
{{ec}}
(edit conflict)
To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict
{{Interrupted}}
Y
{{Interrupted|Username|00:28, 11 January 2022 (UTC)}}
— Username 00:28, 11 January 2022 (UTC) — continues after insertion below
Used to identify the contributor of the upper fragment(s) of a comment that was broken up by a different contributor's insertion of text
{{Non-admin comment}}
{{nacmt}}
(Y)
{{nacmt}}
(Non-administrator comment)
Optional and only for own comments, see doc
{{Pinged}}
{{Pinged}}
(pinged)
Indicates a notification was received
{{Responding to ping}}
{{rtp}}
{{rtp}}
(responding to ping)
Similar to {{pinged}}
{{Talk page stalker}}
{{tps}}
(Y)
{{tps}}
(talk page stalker)
Cf. Wikipedia:Talk page stalker
{{Talk page watcher}}
{{tpw}}
(Y)
{{tpw}}
(talk page watcher)
Ditto
Notifications
{{Hidden ping}}
{{hp}}
Y
{{hp|Username}}
Invisible notification utilizing the zero-width space character
Requires subst. A wrapper for {{do not archive until}}
{{FBDB}}
{{FBDB}}
[FBDB]
An initialism for Friendly Banter – Don't Block
{{KISS}}
{{KISS}}
KISS
References the KISS principle politely
{{No ping}}
{{np}}
Y
{{np|Username}}
Username
Works like {{U}} but without triggering a notification
{{No ping2}}
{{np2}}
Y
{{np2|Username}}
Username (talk · contribs)
Works like {{User}} but without triggering a notification
{{Notelist-talk}}
{{tnote}}
(Y)
{{tnote}}
[not shown here]
Creates a list of footnotes for a talk page discussion
{{Outdent}}
{{od}}
(Y)
{{od|:::::}}
For out-denting a reply when indention gets too deep
{{Outdent2}}
{{od2}}
(Y)
{{od2}}
(←)
Alternative out-denting
{{Reflist-talk}}
{{tref}}
(Y)
{{tref}}
[not shown here]
Creates a list of references for a talk page discussion
{{Relevant discussion}}
{{reldis}}
Y
{{reldis|Talk:Berlin}}
Relevant discussion at
→ Talk:Berlin
Creates links to related discussions in a visually unique way
{{Sources-talk}}
{{Sources-talk}}
[not shown here]
A convenience wrapper around {{Reflist-talk}}
{{Talkfact}}
(Y)
"Oranges are blue!"{{talkfact}}
"Oranges are blue!"[citation needed]
Used to quickly ask an editor to back up their claims
{{Talk quote inline}}
{{tq}}
Y
{{tq|"Oranges are blue!"}}
"Oranges are blue!"
To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material
{{Talk quote inline italic}}
{{tqi}}
Y
{{tqi|"Oranges are blue!"}}
"Oranges are blue!"
"
{{Not talk quote inline}}
{{!tq}}
Y
{{!tq|"Oranges are orange!"}}
"Oranges are orange!"
To highlight a short excerpt of quoted material someone didn't say but could have, or perhaps, should have
{{Not talk quote inline italic}}
{{!tqi}}
Y
{{!tqi|"Oranges are orange!"}}
"Oranges are orange!"
"
{{Talk quote block}}
{{tq2}}
Y
{{tq2|"Oranges are blue!"}}
"Oranges are blue!"
To highlight a longer excerpt of quoted material
End
{{Please sign inline}}
{{Please sign inline}}
(Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~.)
{{subst:Please ping}}
(Y)
{{Please ping}}
(please {{reply to}} on reply)
Includes your username if substituted, but can be transcluded. Use {{Please ping|no}} to ask not to be pinged.
{{Not watching}}
{{nw}}
{{nw}}
(I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.)
{{subst:Notifyme}}
{{subst:pingme}}
{{subst:pingme}}
If you reply here, please put {{reply|your username will show up here}} in front of your message so I get a notification. Thank you!
Requires substitution. Will automatically add your username by substituting {{REVISIONUSER}} when you save.
{{subst:Request ping}}
{{subst:repi}}
Y
{{subst:repi|Example}}
If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{u|Example}} to your message, and signing it.
Requires subst
{{Signote}}
{{sg}}
(Y)
{{sg}}
Please leave me a note if you reply
{{Watching}}
{{Watching}}
(I am watching this page, so please reply here.)
Humor disclosure
(See the list here.)
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Reflist-talk/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.