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Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).

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Overview

A footnote used multiple times may be defined with a name:

<ref name="foo">content</ref>

Issues and resolution

The name of the reference may not be an integer. Rename the reference to contain at least one letter. It is a good practice to give references meaningful names. Ensure that when changing the name you update all the tags that refer to that reference.

Examples

Reference 1 is improperly named as 1:

References

  1. Reference 1 Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).
  2. Reference 2
  3. Reference 3

Technical

Pages with this error message are placed into Pages with incorrect ref formatting. The system message page is at Cite error ref numeric key.

See also

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