</References> Tags and Inline Citations <ref> Suggestions
- These suggestions involve inline citations and the </References> tag. The causes range from mismatched beginning and ending <ref> tags, misplaced or misnamed inline citations, missing </References> tag below the Sources heading, or <ref> tags used below the </References> tag.
- Suggestions 943 through 946 and 951 - 952 relate to HTML and CSS codes added 6 Jan 2022. The span anchor is set by <span id='name'></span>, and links to it are set by [[#name]] or [[#name|link text]], which creates the inpage link.
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Error  | 861 Inline citation doesn't start with "<ref>": Inline citations must start with "<ref>" and end with "</ref>". The biography in this profile contains one or more inline citations ending in "</ref>", but there is no matching "<ref>" sign showing the beginning of the citation. | Intermediate | ||
| Error | 862 Inline citation doesn't end with </ref>: Inline citations must start with "<ref>" and end with "</ref>". The biography in this profile contains one or more inline citations beginning with "<ref>", but there is no matching "</ref>" sign showing the end of the citation. | Intermediate | ||
| Error | 863 Missing <references /> tag: The biography of this profile does not contain a "<references/>" tag. All Wikitree profile biographies should contain a Sources heading and should have a "<references/>" tag just below the Sources heading. | Easy | ||
| Error | 864 Almost empty <ref> tag: Profile has almost empty inline citations "<ref>"..."</ref>". | Intermediate | ||
| Error | 865 Unchanged <ref>Insert reference here</ref> tag : Inline citation form "<ref>"Insert reference here"</ref>" was added by the toolbar button but no citation was inserted. | Intermediate | ||
| Error | 866 Duplicated <references />: Profile has multiple "<references />" tags. One "<references />" tag should be located just below the Sources heading. | Intermediate | ||
| Error | 867 Too many Inline citations: Profile has too many inline citations "<ref>"..."</ref>". | Advanced | ||
| Error | 868 Inline citations after <references /> tag: Profile has inline citations "<ref>"..."</ref>" after the "<references/>" tag that displays them. Such citations are not displayed on the profile. | Advanced | ||
| Error | 869 Duplicated named Inline citations: Profile has two or more named inline references, where the name is the same. | Advanced | ||
| Error | 870 Missing named Inline citations: Profile is using named inline reference "<ref name="SomeName" />", that is not defined by "<ref name="SomeName">"..."</ref>". | Advanced | ||
| Error | 871 Use of angled double quotes in name of citation: Angled double quotes are used rather that double straight quotes due to editor software changes. | Easy | ||
| Error | 943 Duplicated SPAN Anchors The profile has duplicated HTML span anchors. Span anchors are used for inpage links, but each name should be used only once. The span anchor is set by <span id='name'></span>, and links to it are set by [[#name]] or [[#name|link text]], which creates the inpage link. See the 943 Duplicated span Anchors page for further explanation. | Intermediate | ||
| Error | 944 Missing SPAN Anchors The profile is using links inpage that point to nonexistent HTML span anchors. The span anchor is set by <span id='name'></span> and links to it are set by [[#name]] or [[#name|link text]]. See the 944 Missing span Anchors page for further explanation. | Advanced | ||
| Warning | 945 Unused SPAN Anchors The profile has HTML span anchors that are not used for inpage linking. The span anchor is set by <span id='name'></span>, and this warning is for the <span id='name'></span> that does not have a link to a [[#name]] or [[#name|link text]]. in the profile. See the 945 Unused Span Anchors page for further explanation. | Easy | ||
| Warning | 946 Too many inpage links This warning is generated when the profile has more than 100 inpage links, which is too many, usually caused by old GEDCOM imports. See the 946 Too many inpage links page for further explanation. | Advanced | ||
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