why error message re: BillionGraves?

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This response to several efforts to create a name for "BillionGraves":

She passed away in 1991. Cite error 2; Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no content must have a name"BillionGraves.com" https://billiongraves.com/search/results?cemetery_country=United%20States&cemetery_state=Iowa&cemetery_county=Audubon&given_names=Leon%20and%20Katherine&family_names=Albert&birth_year=1897&death_year=1936&year_range=5&size=15Cite error 2; Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no content must have a name

WikiTree profile: Katherine Albert
in WikiTree Help by Monte Albert G2G1 (1.9k points)
retagged by Ellen Smith

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Best answer

I fixed the error. An inline reference citation should start with the tag <ref> and end with the tag </ref>. This citation started and ended with <ref/>, which is not a recognized tag.

by Ellen Smith G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
selected by Dennis Wheeler
OOOPS! Thanks. I'll have to be more careful.

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