User:PhilBoswell/Reference test

This page tests the marvellous <ref> feature to be found here.

Multiple references to same citation

If I do this ^[1], and then this ^[2] and this ^[1], it works quite nicely^[2].

Nested references

And if I do this Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag, does it work also? ~~No, it would appear that you cannot nest references, which might be a shame~~ Yes, you can now nest references.

Order should not be significant

But if you try using a reference ^[3] before you define it^[3] it seems not to work…

Cannot redefine citation

So what happens if I do this ^[1]? It would appear that the first reference is definitive: you can refer to it again, but any text you put in is ignored.

Unique named instance used to have extra label, now fixed

So if you have a unique instance of a reference ^[4], ~~then you get a label as if there were more than one even if there isn't~~ you now get just the ordinary single-reference notation.

Commented-out <ref> still triggers

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c "foo" reference Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "foo" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^a ^b "bar" reference
↑ ^a ^b this is where we actually define "fubar"
↑ like this, say, which is never re-used

[foo-1] "foo" reference Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "foo" defined multiple times with different content

[bar-2] "bar" reference

[fubar-3] this is where we actually define "fubar"

[only_ever_used_once-4] this, say, which is never re-used

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