Weird ref formatting

Question

There's a problem on this page I can't figure out. It's a REF tag problem. I just don't use the NAME= function enough to figure it out. Can someone help me?

Thanks.

Comments

Oh dear I was editing and someone edited while I was working.

Answer 1

I'm fixing these for you. In using "ref name", the full citation needs to appear before any of the callouts that just use the name.

Comments

All fixed now, I think.

More information:  The "ref name" format only works in WikiTree if the first instance of the citation is a full citation (e.g., <ref name=Hobart>"The Hobart Journal."</ref>), not just an abbreviated version like <ref name=Hobart/>.

Fortunately, if you repeat the full citation later in the profile, the reference list will still group all of the citations of that name together. When I am using the ref name format, I often insert the full citation every place in the profile where I expect to use it. That way, when I change my mind and rearrange the text, the citations won't be lost.

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Oops -- I found a second issue, and I think I fixed it (please check!).

The second issue was that you tried to nest some ref tags inside other ref tags. That doesn't work. I reformatted the footnote; please make sure the result is consistent with what you intended.

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(I was editing someone else's work, but admittedly may have introduced an error or several.)

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"I'm fixing these for you. In using "ref name", the full citation needs to appear before any of the callouts that just use the name."

That's not true Ellen.  The full citation can be anywhere on the page (try it). I think you fixed the problem with your second fix.

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That's how "ref name" works at Wikipedia, Joe, but at Wikitree the definition of the ref name needs to appear on the page before any of the callouts that refer to the definition. (At least that's been my experience here.)

Answer 2

When you create someone within the edit section is

 

<ref>A source for this information is needed.</ref>

Then beneath is == Sources ==

Beneath this is <references />

 

When you create sources:

Birth Record you can link this to a reference:

 

BMD Marriage Index  <ref>Marriage [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8753&h=26989668&ssrc=pt&tid=88867861&pid=48577338505&usePUB=true] </ref>

 

An example look at: [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Owen-4128]

Go into the edit and you can see this in more detail.

Comments

Trish, thanks; I know all that; it's the <ref name=....> formatting that I don't yet "grok". (Google that term for a trip down memory lane.)