Hall-49520 Why aren't sources showing? [closed]

Question

Please someone help, because I read the answers to the other questions on why their sources weren't showing, and it might as well have been Greek.

My sources aren't showing for [Hall-49520], and she's got a ton of them.  I don't know what I did, but I am new here and try as I may, this source stuff is way beyond me.

Can anyone take a peek and tell me in very simple English how to fix it?

Answer 1

There is a <ref> tag just above the == Sources == heading. If you remove that <ref>, you should be fine.

The system thinks that everything between the <ref> and </ref> tags is a footnote, to be displayed below <references />. In the profile there is no ending </ref> tag, so everything after <ref> is hidden.

Comments

Thank you!  It worked.

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Turn on Enhanced Editing in your Settings and that helps for situations like that.  It will 'color' the area between a starting 'ref' and the ending 'ref, so if you see lines like the sources header or text' 'colored' then you know you have a misplaced /missing / incorrectly formatted 'ref' or ending 'ref statements.

Answer 2

Hey Sue,

Welcome!

You have added the sources as text in the source section. Just above that line ==Sources== you have a single <ref> tag.

That code tells the system that anything after it, and before the closing tag </ref>, is 1 reference.

So in this case, the page does not show references as there is only one that is not ending.

Solution: delete the stray <ref> code and save (I tested, it works in preview, but will leave the honor to you.)

Comments

Thank you!!!  It worked.  The explanation helps, I think.

Answer 3

On that profile, go to the edit tab. Scroll down to right above == Sources ==. You will see that in the line above it there is a <ref>. Simply delete that single <ref>, and then save the changes, and your sources should then appear in the public view.

It is unfortunate that Wikitree still uses a markup language that is so finicky. All other genealogy sites I am aware of use editors that are "What You See Is What You Get".

Comments

lol, I guess Isabelle beat us to it . I read people advising to use the advanced editor, not sure it that is a better help.

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Thank you!  And for trying to explain why.  It worked!