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I have suggested this template as an option for usage in the second and third of three options for citing notes on a wikipedia article. The original discussion can be found here. Below is a copy of the 3 suggested options...

Option 1 (only specific references) - see The Rule

== References ==

{{reflist}}

Option 2 (only general references) - see National Publications

== References ==

{{refbegin}}
* general reference 1
* general reference 2
{{refend}}

Option 3 (both specific and general references) - see Elephant

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{refbegin}}
* general reference 1
* general reference 2
{{refend}}

{{Refend}} –required closing tag template, if {refbegin} is used

Reference and citation guidelines
Citation formatting and presentation templates
  • WP:CITET –description of various templates to format individual citation references
Other reference and citation formatting templates
  • Auto-generated listing of footnotes and inline citations

{{reflist}}

  • Reference list formatting

{{Ref indent}} –applies a hanging indent formatting to reference and citation lists (pair with {ref indent-end}})

{{Ref indent-end}} –closing tag to {ref indent}

{{Footnotes}}

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