This is a documentation subpage for Template:Reflist-talk. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses TemplateStyles: Template:Reflist-talk/styles.css

This template is a version of ((Reflist)) designed for use outside of articles, for example on talk pages. Like, ((Reflist)), it creates a list of all references that have been defined with <ref>...</ref> tags on the page above the template (but below any other instances of a reflist template). The list is displayed inside a bordered box and with a title ("References" by default) that is not formatted as as a section heading.

It is most useful when the list of references needs to appear close to the text where the references are used, for example at the end of a section or right after a quoted passage.

If using it at the end of a section, consider adding a hidden comment to help editors keep the wikitext in the correct place:

• ((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. -->

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.

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.

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.

If this is fixed, the above example would display inside a correctly-indented box, which would look like the following: ^[1]

Redirect list is from here. ((Inlineref)) ((Ref-talk)) ((Reflist-quote)) ((Reflist-talk)) ((Reflisttalk)) ((Reftalk)) ((REftalk)) ((Section references)) ((Talk-reflist)) ((Talk-refs)) ((Talk page-reflist)) ((Talk page ref)) ((Talk page reference)) ((Talk page reflist)) ((Talk ref)) ((Talk reference)) ((Talk references)) ((Talk reflist)) ((Talk refs)) ((Talkrefs)) ((Talkref)) ((Tref)) ((TREF))

((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.

• ((Dummy reference))
• ((Fake heading))
• ((Notelist-talk))
• ((Sources-talk)), a collapsed version of the above
• ((Remoteref)), link directly to article refs
• Help:Automatically generated reference list
• Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations—a how-to article with some additional considerations for citing sources

v t e Inline 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 ((Edit conflict)) ((ec)) (Y) ((ec))  (change conflict)  To indicate that you encountered an edit conflict ((Interrupted)) Y ((Interrupted|Username|19:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC))) — Username 19:19, 18 August 2024 (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 observation) 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 ((Ping group)) ((pinggroup)) Y ((pinggroup|Pinging collaborators|John Doe|Jane Doe|...)) Pinging collaborators (John Doe—Jane Doe—...) Up to 10 usernames ((Pong)) Y ((pong|Username))  Username: In reply to a ping ((Reply to)) ((re))/((ping)) Y ((re|Username))/((ping|Username)) @Username: Sends a notification; up to 50 names ((To)) Y ((To|Username)) To Username: Sends a notification During ((subst:Arbitrary break)) ((subst:Arbitrarybreak)) ((subst:Arbitrarybreak)) ======(arbitrary break)====== Requires substitution ((subst:Bump)) ((subst:Bump)) Bumping thread ~~~~ 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)) [source?] 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!"[source?] 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: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) ((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)) (please ((reply to)) on reply; thanks!) Humor disclosure (See the list here.)