Template:Reference format

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Scope

This template indicates that the article uses many improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations that require large-scale conversion to an accepted form of inline citation. Place it at the beginning of an article or section or in the <<References>> section. It should only be used when the sources have a format that does not accord with its function.

How to use

To add this template to an article, copy and paste:

• {{Reference format|t={{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}}}

Parameters

• Obligatory: t={{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} The current date, but it can also be a different one, such as t=20091107.
• Optional: article or section indicate whether it is an article or section which lacks proper formatting, reason= for providing a reason, and date= for a human readable date.

Examples

The following are examples of improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations. This template is appropriate for articles that contain many such citations, therefore requiring large-scale conversion.

Embedded link (incorrect)

Incorrect: Australia has a government as any other nation does.

or:

Incorrect: Australia has a government.[1]

Manual number (incorrect)

Incorrect: Australia has a government^{see footnote 1}

In-line references (correct)

The standard, correct way of formatting these citations (with some acceptable variations as described at Bahaipedia:Citing sources) would be:

Correct: Australia has a government.

References

Or using a Harvard citation style:

Correct: Australia has a government.

References

Sources

• Davidson, Hazel; Court, Dorothy (2011). Australian Government. Chapel Hill, Qld: Sugarbag on Damper. ISBN 9780975759387. OCLC 697121237.

Correct: Australia has a government (Australian Government Press Agency, 2009).

See also

• Help:Footnotes
• Help:Shortened footnotes
• Help:Citation style

This template indicates that the article uses many improperly formatted or non-formatted inline citations that require large-scale conversion to an accepted form of inline citation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Affected area	1	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section	Line	optional
Reason	reason	A description of the issue, to add to the end of the text in the generated tag. Example Parenthetical citations should be converted to [[Help:Footnotes|footnotes using reference tags]].	Line	optional
Month and year	date	Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested

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