Template:Refref/doc

This template is intended to assist users at the help desk, AfC help desk, the Teahouse, for replying to requests and at other fora, where the basics of providing inline citations needs to be explained. It provides a visual guide to inline citations that some users may respond better to than a text explanation alone.

Usage

 * This template may be transcluded or substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus you may use {{ subst: rather than  .  However, given the quantity of code in this template, transclusion may be preferable to substitution.
 * The template does not include automatic signing. Please remember to sign by typing four tildes ( ~ ) after the template syntax (or at the end of your accompanying post to which this template may be an add-on).
 * This template is collapsed by default. If you wish to disable this, substitute or transclude {{tl|Refref/core}} instead.

Sister template
A more basic sister template exists at Refref2. It contains only the visual elements of this one, i.e., without the text explanation portion, and given its smaller footprint, is neither collapsed by default, nor hidden using a header bar. For comparison, the sister template's output is shown below: