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Broken backlink, lost text and no error message if syntax error in {{efn}}

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The footnote[a] {{efn|name=foo|bar=baz more text}} (should be {{efn|name=foo|bar{{=}}baz more text}}) with callout {{efn|name=foo}} produces a line with only the footnote letter and "^" (see below); clicking on the "^" does not jump to the callout. No error message is displayed. This makes it very difficult to correct the error, because there is no indication of which footnote is malformed.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference foo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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I'm currently editing the Pokémon article, which uses external links in one of the efn notes. I would like to know whether or not external links in explanatory footnotes are acceptable before I make any edits to that footnote. TheVHSArtist (talk) 15:32, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You might get a better answer to your question at Wikipedia talk:External links. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:48, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you TheVHSArtist (talk) 21:58, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Usage in Arrayprint

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Is it possible to use it inside arrayprint? ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 15:45, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's only one way to find out: try. Or ask about it at meta:Extension talk:Arrays. - Manifestation (talk) 15:54, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'll ask there. ValenciaThunderbolt (talk) 16:01, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Manifestation and ValenciaThunderbolt: There is no Extension talk: namespace at meta - the page meta:Extension:Arrays doesn't exist, and your post has gone into mainspace. I think that you mean mw:Extension talk:Arrays. Also, you should link efn, otherwise they might not know what you mean. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:09, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Redrose64 and ValenciaThunderbolt: Woops!! My apologies! What I meant of course was mw:Extension talk:Arrays, *not* meta:Extension talk:Arrays. Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 14:25, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why doesn’t this template work on talk page posts?

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It would be handy if it did. Of course you can still add it into the source but… :( RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 07:55, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@RadioactiveBoulevardier: Why wouldn't it work on talk page posts? It works on this talk page:[α]
  1. ^ This works.
Cheers, Manifestation (talk) 10:50, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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External links within the notes-list, when notes are listed there (refs=), result in an error, but there is a way to bypass this; see User:Joshua Jonathan/Tools#Notes, last bullit. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 07:52, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]