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==Reference lists: automatically generated==

A page with {{tag|ref|o}} tags but no reference list markup used to display an error, except on talk and user pages. In recent versions of Wikipedia, the error no longer appears; instead an automatically generated reference list (AGRL) is displayed at the bottom of the page.

 

Compared to the reference lists on properly formatted pages, an AGRL can be confusing to both readers and editors. But it is easily corrected by adding reference list markup such as the following. Add it at the position where the reference list would normally appear.

<pre style="width: 10em;">

{{reflist}}

</pre>

 

On talk pages, the {{tl|reflist-talk}} template can be used to add a reference list to a specific discussion.