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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This page will help you to fix the error message:

<ref> tag defined in <references> with name "$1" has no content.

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Overview

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Further information: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (footnotes)

References may be defined within the reference list:

{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=rename1>refcontent1</ref>
<ref name=rename2>refcontent2<ref>
<ref name=rename3>refcontent3</ref>
<ref name=rename4>refcontent4</ref>
}}

Issues and resolution

  • A list-defined reference has no content between the <ref>...</ref> tags.
  • This error message does not show if {{reflist}} is used.

Examples

The reference named foo is defined but has no content:

<ref name="foo" />

<references>
<ref name="foo"></ref>
</references>

[1]

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named foo

Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> with name "foo" has no content.

Technical

Pages with this error message are placed into Pages with incorrect ref formatting. The system message page is at Cite error empty references define.

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