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Errors issued by Wikipedia's <code><ref></code> system, in which citation templates are typically embedded, can be found at [[Help:Cite errors]].

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==Controlling error message display==

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== Controlling error message display ==

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<~~section begin~~="~~show_error_messages_help_text~~" /><~~section begin~~="~~show_all_messages_help_text~~" />~~By default,~~ {{~~cs1~~}} ~~and~~ {{~~cs2~~}} ~~error messages are visible to all readers and maintenance category~~ messages ~~are~~ hidden ~~from all readers~~.

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=== Preview messages ===

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When editors preview an article, MediaWiki displays a preview message box under the Preview header. When {{cs1}} and {{cs2}} templates have error or maintenance messages, [[Module:Citation/CS1]] summarizes those messages in the preview message box. Such a message box might look something like this:

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<div style="margin-left:1.6em" class="mw-message-box-warning mw-message-box"><p>This is only a preview; your changes have not yet been saved! <span class="mw-continue-editing"> [[#editform|→ Go to editing area]]</span>

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</p><p>Script warning: {{color|#3a3|One or more {{mono|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cite book|cite book]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>}} templates have maintenance messages}}; messages may be hidden ([[Help:CS1_errors#Controlling_error_message_display|help]]).</p><p>Script warning: {{color|#d33|One or more {{mono|<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:cite journal|cite journal]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>}} templates have errors}}; messages may be hidden ([[Help:CS1_errors#Controlling_error_message_display|help]]).</p></div>

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To display maintenance messages, include the following text in your common [[Cascading Stylesheets|CSS]] ~~page or your specific skin's CSS~~ page ([[Special:MyPage/common.css|common.css]] and [[Special:MyPage/skin.css|skin.css]] ~~respectively~~):

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The summary messages have three components:

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#'Script warning:' – this prefix is provided by MediaWiki;

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#a colored ({{color|#3a3|green maintenance}} or {{color|#d33|red error}}) message that identifies the type of template that has a message with a link to that template's documentation; wrapper templates with messages will show the name of the wrapped template, and;

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#'messages may be hidden' – the message suffix with a help link to this page.

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Preview messages in the preview message box cannot be hidden. The preview message suffix 'messages may be hidden' means that the template's message(s) may not be visible. To learn how to show or hide template messages, see {{slink||Error and maintenance messages}}.

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=== Error and maintenance messages ===

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<section begin="show_error_messages_help_text" /><section begin="show_all_messages_help_text" />By default, {{cs1}} and {{cs2}} <span style="color:#d33">error messages</span> are visible to all readers and <span style="color:#3a3">maintenance messages</span> are hidden from all readers.

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To display <span style="color:#3a3">maintenance messages</span> in the rendered article, include the following text in your common [[Cascading Stylesheets|CSS]] page ([[Special:MyPage/common.css|common.css]]) or your specific skin's CSS page and ([[Special:MyPage/skin.css|skin.css]]).

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(Note to new editors: those CSS pages are specific to you, and control your view of pages, by adding to your user account's [[CSS]] code. If you have not yet created such a page, then clicking one of the <code>.css</code> links above will yield a page that starts "Wikipedia does not have a [[user page]] with this exact name." Click the "Start the User:''username''/''filename'' page" link, paste the text below, save the page, follow the instructions at the bottom of the new page on bypassing your browser's cache, and finally, in order to see the previously hidden maintenance messages, refresh the page you were editing earlier.)

<syntaxhighlight lang="css">.mw-parser-output span.cs1-maint {display: inline;} /* display Citation Style 1 maintenance messages */</syntaxhighlight>

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To display hidden-by-default error messages:

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To display hidden-by-default <span style="color:#d33">error messages</span>:

<syntaxhighlight lang="css">.mw-parser-output span.cs1-hidden-error {display: inline;} /* display hidden Citation Style 1 error messages */</syntaxhighlight>

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Even with this CSS installed, older pages in Wikipedia's cache may not have been updated to show these error messages even though the page is listed in one of the tracking categories. A [[WP:NULLEDIT|null edit]] will resolve that issue.

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To hide normally-displayed error messages:

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To hide normally-displayed <span style="color:#d33">error messages</span>:

<syntaxhighlight lang="css">.mw-parser-output span.cs1-visible-error {display: none;} /* hide Citation Style 1 error messages */</syntaxhighlight>

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You can personalize the display of these messages (such as changing the color), but you will need to ask someone who knows CSS or at [[WP:VPT|the technical village pump]] if you do not understand how.<section end="show_all_messages_help_text" /><section end="show_error_messages_help_text" />

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You can personalize the display of these messages (such as changing the color), but you will need to ask someone who knows CSS or at [[WP:VPT|the technical village pump]] if you do not understand how.

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{{lang|la|Nota bene}}: these css rules are not obeyed by [[Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|Navigation popups]]. They also do not hide script warning messages in the Preview box that begins with "This is only a preview; your changes have not yet been saved".<section end="show_all_messages_help_text" /><section end="show_error_messages_help_text" />

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=== Properties category highlighting ===

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[[Module:Citation/CS1]] adds properties categories to some CS1|2 citations. Unlike errors or maintenance needs, there is no message when a properties category is added. Properties categories may be temporary or may be perpetual. Editors can use CSS to add special styling to CS1|2 template renderings that will highlight a citation that added a properties category. For example, this template uses a long volume name:

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:<code><nowiki>{{cite book |title=Title |date=May–Jun 2021 |volume = 1: Long volume}}</nowiki></code>

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::{{cite book |title=Title |date=May–Jun 2021 |volume = 1: Long volume}}

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If you add this to your CSS that citation will render with a {{background|#FFC|pale yellow}} background:

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:<syntaxhighlight lang="css">.cs1-prop-long-vol {background: #FFC;}</syntaxhighlight>

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Add one or more of these (with appropriate styling) to your CSS to highlight template renderings when those templates add the associated properties category:

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source {}|}} – subcategories of {{cl|CS1 foreign language sources}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source-2 {}|}} – {{cl|CS1 foreign language sources (ISO 639-2)}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-jul-greg-uncertainty {}|}} – {{cl|CS1: Julian–Gregorian uncertainty}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-location-test {}|}} – {{cl|CS1 location test‎}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-long-vol {}|}} – {{cl|CS1: long volume value}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-script {}|}} – subcategories of {{cl|CS1 uses foreign language script‎}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-tracked-param {}|}} – subcategories of {{cl|CS1 tracked parameters}}

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::{{code|lang=css|.cs1-prop-year-range-abbreviated {}|}} – {{cl|CS1: abbreviated year range‎}}

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==Most common errors==

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* [[#Cite <template> requires %7C<param>=]], ~~~56k~~ pages

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* [[#Cite <template> requires %7C<param>=]], ~54k pages

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* [[#~~Citation without a title of any form~~]], ~~~40k~~ pages

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* [[#Cite uses generic name]], ~36k pages

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* [[#~~Bare URL~~ without a title]], ~~~28k~~ pages

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* [[#Citation without a title of any form]], ~34k pages

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* [[#~~Check date values in: %7C<param1>=, %7C<param2>=, ...~~]], ~~~13k~~ pages

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* [[#Bare URL without a title]], ~24k pages

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* [[#External link in %7C<param>=]], ~11k pages

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<section begin="accessdate_missing_url_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_accessdate_missing_url}}

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The {{para|access-date}} ~~(or its alias, {{para|accessdate}})~~ is the date that the online resource addressed by {{para|url}} was added to the article. If {{para|access-date}} has been included in the citation without {{para|url}} then this message appears. If the citation does not use a web link, then {{para|access-date}} is redundant and should be removed.

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The {{para|access-date}} is the date that the online resource addressed by {{para|url}} was added to the article. If {{para|access-date}} has been included in the citation without {{para|url}} then this message appears. If the citation does not use a web link, then {{para|access-date}} is redundant and should be removed.

When the online resource has a publication or other fixed date associated with it, {{para|access-date}} is of limited value though may be useful in identifying an appropriate archived version of the resource. Without {{para|url}}, {{para|access-date}} is not considered useful.

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: {{error-small|flag}} – the flag portion of the URL path (if present; new form URLs only) is not 2 lowercase letters followed by an underscore: 'id_'

: {{error-small|liveweb}} – <code>liveweb.archive.org</code> is a deprecated form of the domain name

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When the archive.org URL has any of these errors, Module:Citation/CS1 does not link to archive.org and emits an appropriate error message.

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When the archive.org URL has any of these errors, Module:Citation/CS1 does not link to archive.org in normal article view and emits an appropriate error message.

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~~To resolve this error~~, ~~choose~~ the URL of an ~~appropriate~~ snapshot from those ~~held~~ at archive.org. ~~[https://~~archive.org~~/web/ Search for~~ the ~~target URL]~~.

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However, in article preview mode, the module creates a modified link to archive.org that uses a partial timestamp with <code>*</code> wildcard suffix. This new URL links to an archive.org calendar view so that editors may more easily select a suitable archived snapshot from those available at archive.org to fix the malformed {{para|archive-url}} link. (If no snapshots have been archived at archive.org, and the cited page is still live, this link also allows editors to save the first snapshot of the page at archive.org.)

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_archive_url}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="archive_url_help_text" />

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To resolve this error, choose the URL of an appropriate snapshot from those held at archive.org. [https://archive.org/web/ Search for the target URL] at archive.org.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_archive_url|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="archive_url_help_text" />

==<span id="archive_missing_date">|archive-url= requires |archive-date= </span>==

<section begin="archive_missing_date_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_archive_missing_date}}

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{{para|archive-date}} ~~(or its alias, {{para|archivedate}})~~, identifies the date that the web resource was archived.

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{{para|archive-date}}, identifies the date that the web resource was archived.

To resolve this error, provide a value for {{para|archive-date}} (see acceptable date formats in [[MOS:DATEFORMAT]]). For web resources archived at archive.org,<ref name="archive.org" /> the archival date can be found in the {{para|archive-url}}; for resources archived at webcitation.org,<ref name="webcitation.org" /> the cache date is included in the archive header.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_archive_missing_date}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="archive_missing_date_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_archive_missing_date|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="archive_missing_date_help_text" />

==<span id="archive_missing_url">|archive-url= requires |url= </span>==

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To resolve this error, provide a value for {{para|url}}. For web resources archived at archive.org,<ref name="archive.org" /> the original URL can be found in the {{para|archive-url}} value; for resources archived at webcitation.org,<ref name="webcitation.org" /> the original URL is included in the archive header.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_archive_missing_url}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="archive_missing_url_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_archive_missing_url|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="archive_missing_url_help_text" />

==<span id="arxiv_missing">|arxiv= required</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the template has {{para|arxiv}} or {{para|eprint}} with a properly constructed value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_arxiv_missing}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="arxiv_missing_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_arxiv_missing|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="arxiv_missing_help_text" />

==<span id="asintld_missing_asin">|asin-tld= requires |asin=</span>==

<section begin="asintld_missing_asin_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_asintld_missing_asin|$1=asin-tld}}

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When {{para|asin-tld}} is used in a CS1|2 template, {{para|asin~~}} or {{para|ASIN~~}} (with value) must also be present.

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When {{para|asin-tld}} is used in a CS1|2 template, {{para|asin}} (with value) must also be present.

To resolve this error, either add the missing ASIN or remove the 'broken' parameter.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_asintld_missing_asin}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="asintld_missing_asin_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_asintld_missing_asin|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="asintld_missing_asin_help_text" />

==<span id="biorxiv_missing">|biorxiv= required</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the template has {{para|biorxiv}} with a properly constructed value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_biorxiv_missing}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="biorxiv_missing_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_biorxiv_missing|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="biorxiv_missing_help_text" />

==<span id="chapter_ignored">|chapter= ignored</span>==

<section begin="chapter_ignored_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_chapter_ignored|$1=chapter}}

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{{cs1}} templates {{tlx|cite web}}, {{tlx|cite news}}, {{tlx|cite journal}}, {{tlx|cite press release}}, {{tlx|cite podcast}}, {{tlx|cite newsgroup}}, as well as template {{tlx|citation}} when it uses {{para|work}} or any of its aliases, do not support {{para|chapter}} ~~or the aliases~~ {{para|contribution}}, {{para|entry}}, {{para|article}}, or {{para|section}}.

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{{cs1}} templates {{tlx|cite web}}, {{tlx|cite news}}, {{tlx|cite journal}}, {{tlx|cite magazine}}, {{tlx|cite press release}}, {{tlx|cite podcast}}, {{tlx|cite newsgroup}}, as well as template {{tlx|citation}} when it uses {{para|work}} or any of its aliases, do not support {{para|chapter}} and its components {{para|trans-chapter}}, {{para|script-chapter}}, {{para|chapter-url}}, and {{para|chapter-format}}. The alias parameters {{para|contribution}}, {{para|entry}}, {{para|article}}, {{para|section}}, and their components, are similarly not supported.

To resolve this error:

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* for {{tl|cite news}}, {{para|department}} can be used to give the name of the newspaper's section, such as "Obituaries", or

* for {{tl|citation}}, remove {{para|work}} or its aliases such as {{para|website}} and place their content in {{para|title}} if appropriate

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* move the content of the {{para|chapter}} parameter out of the template, before the closing <nowiki></ref></nowiki>

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_chapter_ignored}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="chapter_ignored_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_chapter_ignored|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="chapter_ignored_help_text" />

==<span id="invisible_char"><char> character in |<param>= at position ''n''</span>==

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* [[replacement character]], U+FFFD

* [[hair space]], U+200A

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* [[zero width space]], U+200B

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* [[zero-width space]], U+200B

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* [[zero width joiner]], U+200D

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* [[zero-width joiner]], U+200D (note that these are permitted as part of emoji modifiers; see note below)

* [[horizontal tab]], U+0009 (HT)

* [[line feed]], U+0010 (LF)

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Because these characters are mostly invisible, the error message identifies the character's position in the parameter value counted from the left. Space characters between the assignment operator (the '=' sign) and the parameter value are not counted. If you move through the citation with the arrow keys then the cursor may stand still once at an invisible character, which can be removed with {{keypress|Delete}} or {{keypress|Backspace}}. If you copy-paste a string to the "Characters" field at https://r12a.github.io/app-conversion/ and click "View in UniView" then the position and name of all characters is shown.

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[[Zero-width joiner]] characters (U+200D) are used as a valid part of emoji modification (for example, adding a skull emoji to a flag emoji to create a pirate flag emoji). When new modifiers are added to the emoji character set, which happens one or two times per year, those modifiers need to be added to the Citation Style 1 "Configuration" module. Editors can request this addition at [[Help talk:Citation Style 1]].

{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_invisible_char|$1=<name> stripmarker|$2=<code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}<param>=</code>|$3={{var|n}}}}

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[[Help:Strip markers|Strip markers]] are special sequences of characters that [[MediaWiki]] inserts as a place-holder for certain [[~~xml~~]]-like tags. These tags include {{tag|gallery}}, {{tag|math}}, {{tag|nowiki}}, {{tag|pre}}, and {{tag|ref}}. The strip markers are replaced with content before the final page rendering. The module ignores math and nowiki strip markers.

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[[Help:Strip markers|Strip markers]] are special sequences of characters that [[MediaWiki]] inserts as a place-holder for certain [[XML]]-like tags. These tags include {{tag|gallery}}, {{tag|math}}, {{tag|nowiki}}, {{tag|pre}}, and {{tag|ref}}. The strip markers are replaced with content before the final page rendering. The module ignores math and nowiki strip markers.

To resolve strip marker errors, remove or replace the identified tag. The error message identifies the strip marker's position in the parameter value counted from the left. Space characters between the assignment operator (the '=' sign) and the parameter value are not counted when calculating the position.

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Strip marker errors can also be caused by unsupported additional text or templates in parameter values{{mdash}}for example, {{tl|ISBN}} in {{para|title}}. Resolve the problem by moving the extraneous text outside of the citation template, or by removing the extraneous text or template markup, as appropriate.

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Strip marker errors can also be caused by unsupported additional text or templates in parameter values{{mdash}}for example, {{tl|ISBN}} in {{para|title}}. Resolve the problem by moving the extraneous text outside the citation template, or by removing the extraneous text or template markup, as appropriate.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_invisible_char}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="invisible_char_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_invisible_char|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="invisible_char_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_arxiv">Check |arxiv= value</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the {{para|arxiv}} value is correct.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_arxiv}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_arxiv_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_arxiv|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_arxiv_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_asin">Check |asin= value</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the {{para|asin}} value is correct.

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If the {{para|asin}} value is correct and all-numeric, use {{para|isbn}} instead and delete any {{para|asin-tld}} parameters. ~~Articles with CS1 citations that use {{para|asin}} with all numeric values are categorized in {{cl|CS1 maint: ASIN uses ISBN}}.~~

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If the {{para|asin}} value is correct and all-numeric, use {{para|isbn}} instead and delete any {{para|asin-tld}} parameters.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_asin}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_asin_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_asin|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_asin_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_asin_tld">Check |asin-tld= value</span>==

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If the value is correct, please report this at [[Help talk:Citation Style 1]], so that it can be added to the list of supported values.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_asin_tld}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_asin-tld_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_asin_tld|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_asin-tld_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_bibcode">Check |bibcode= <message></span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the {{para|bibcode}} value is correct.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_bibcode}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_bibcode_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_bibcode|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_bibcode_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_biorxiv">Check |biorxiv= value</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the {{para|biorxiv}} value is correct.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_biorxiv}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_biorxiv_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_biorxiv|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_biorxiv_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_citeseerx">Check |citeseerx= value</span>==

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For instance, if you want to link to <code>http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.220.7880</code>, use {{para|citeseerx|10.1.1.220.7880}}.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_citeseerx}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_citeseerx_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_citeseerx|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_citeseerx_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_date">Check date values in: |<param1>=, |<param2>=, ...</span>==

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<section begin="bad_date_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_bad_date|$1=<code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}<param1>=</code>, <code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}<param2>=</code>, ...}}

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<section begin="bad_date_help_text" />{{help desk}}

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*{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_bad_date|$1=<code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}<param1>=</code>, <code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}<param2>=</code>, ...}}

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*{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_bad_date|$1=<code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}year=</code> / <code class="cs1-code">{{pipe}}date=</code> mismatch}}

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When {{cs1}} and {{cs2}} templates contain date-holding parameters, an automated test is done to see if the dates are real dates that comply with a [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Date_compliance_with_Wikipedia's_Manual_of_Style|subset of the date rules]] in Wikipedia's Manual of Style, specifically checking for violations of [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Dates and years|MOS:DATEFORMAT]].

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* {{para|access-date}} must specify a day, not just a month or year.

* misplaced, incorrect, or extraneous punctuation

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* misplaced, incorrect, or extraneous spacing

* extraneous text

* hyphens or slashes instead of en dashes in date ranges (en dashes are required)

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* years before 100 AD, including BCE/BC dates. Try using parameter {{para|orig-date}} instead.

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See [[Help:Citation_Style_1#CS1_compliance_with_Wikipedia.27s_Manual_of_Style|Help: Citation Style 1]] for information about limitations in the CS1 citation templates' handling of date formats. [[WP:DATERANGE|The MOS section on date ranges]] describes how to separate dates in a date range. Do not use <code>&nbsp;</code>, <code>&ndash;</code>, or {{tlx|spaced ndash}} as these corrupt the metadata. To add an en dash, use the [[Help:CharInsert#Insert|CharInsert]] edit tool or see [[Wikipedia:How to make dashes]]. You may also ~~use~~ this one: –. A bot is often able to correct the separator, provided the overall format is unambiguous.

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Future dates in {{para|date}} in CS1|2 citations are limited to current year + 1; that is, for {{#time:Y}}, citation dates in {{#time:Y|now +1 year}} are acceptable but citation dates in {{#time:Y|now +2 year}} and beyond are not.

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The access date (in {{para|access-date}}) is checked to ensure that it contains a full date (day, month, and year) and is between 15 January 2001 (the founding date of Wikipedia) and today's date plus one day, because it represents the date that an editor viewed a web-based source to verify a statement on Wikipedia. Because editors may be in time zones that are one day ahead of the UTC date, one extra day is accepted.

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| Ambiguous date range or year and month || {{para|plain=y|date|2002-{{red|03}}}} || {{plainlist|

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| "mm-dd-yyyy" or "dd-mm-yyyy" date format || {{para|plain=y|date|{{red|07-12-}}2009}} || {{para|plain=y|date|{{green|7 December}} 2009}} or {{para|plain=y|date|{{green|12 July}} 2009}}<br />or<br />{{para|plain=y|date|{{green|July 12,}} 2009}} or {{para|plain=y|date|{{green|December 7,}} 2009}}<br />or <br />{{para|plain=y|date|2009-{{green|07-12}}}} or {{para|plain=y|date|2009-{{green|12-07}}}}

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| Quarters || {{para|plain=y|date|{{red|3Q}} 1984}} or {{para|plain=y|date|{{red|3rd Qtr.,}} 1984}} or {{para|plain=y|date|{{red|Third quarter}} 1984}} || {{para|plain=y|date|{{green|Third Quarter}} 1984}}

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| Named dates || {{para|plain=y|date|{{red|Xmas}} 1984}} or {{para|plain=y|date|{{red|christmas}} 1984}} || {{para|plain=y|date|{{green|Christmas}} 1984}}

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In very rare cases, publishers have released works with a DOI deviating from the standard form. If you are certain that such a non-conforming DOI truly corresponds to the published work, then you can add [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Accept-this-as-written_markup|accept-this-as-written markup]] around the identifier to suppress the error message. (Do not use this markup for DOIs, which are ''inactive'' rather than ''non-conforming''. Instead, use {{para|doi-broken-date}} for them.)

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See also [[Wikipedia:ISBN]].

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{{cs1}} and {{cs2}} templates that contain {{para|issn}} and/or {{para|eissn}} are checked to ensure that the [[ISSN]] is the proper length (eight digits) and that the final [[check digit]] validates according to the ISSN specification. Only one each of ISSN and eISSN is allowed in this field because the whole {{para|issn}} and {{para|eissn}} values are included in the citation's [[COinS]] [[metadata]]. See also [[Wikipedia:COinS]]. (If relevant, they can be specified using {{para|id|{{tlp|ISSN|...}} {{tlp|EISSN|...}}}} instead.)

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The ISSN and eISSN are always rendered as two four-digit numbers separated with a hyphen.

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To resolve this error, ensure that the {{para|issn}} and {{para|eissn}} values are correct, that only one value per parameter is used, and that no other text is included (allowable characters are 0–9, X, and -). If the check-digit is a lowercase 'x', change it to an uppercase 'X'. It may also be worth checking an actual [[hyphen]] (-) has been used, and not a hyphen-like character like an [[endash]] (–).

In very rare cases, publishers have released works with a malformed identifier. If you are certain that a non-conforming identifier truly corresponds to the published work, then you can add [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Accept-this-as-written_markup|accept-this-as-written markup]] around the identifier to suppress the error message. In some cases, works may have been reissued with a corrected identifier. Use the corrected one when possible.

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==<span id="bad_lccn">Check |lccn= value</span>==

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When receiving this error, be on the lookout for publishers who omitted leading zeros in the LCCN following the two or four digit year. For example, an LCCN that is [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=92035247&searchType=1&permalink=y properly 92-035427] could be shortened in the printed work to [https://books.google.com/books?id=3ocPU-S9gloC&q=35247 92-35247]. When experimenting with inserting omitted zeroes, cross-check the finished number against the LCCN permalinks online.

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==<span id="bad_message_id">Check |message-id= value</span>==

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==<span id="bad_oclc">Check |oclc= value</span>==

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A tip for fixing this error: Editors sometimes place valid [[ISBN]], [[LCCN]], [[ASIN]], or other identifiers in {{para|oclc}}.

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These link-holding parameters and their matching title-holding parameters are combined to create a working [[wikilink]] to a related article.

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This error occurs when any of these {{para|<param>-link}} parameters contain a wikilink or a URL, or they contain any of the characters not permitted in Wikipedia article titles per [[WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS]] (except <code>_</code> (underscore), used as a replacement for spaces, and <code>#</code>, used as a [[fragment identifier]] when linking to article sections). The prohibited characters are: <code>< > [ ] | { }</code>.

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In very rare cases, publishers have released books with malformed SBNs. If you are certain that a non-conforming SBN truly corresponds to the published work, then you can add [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Accept-this-as-written_markup|accept-this-as-written markup]] around the identifier to suppress the error message. In many cases, books may have been reissued with a corrected SBN. Use a corrected SBN when possible.

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==<span id="bad_url">Check |url= value</span>==

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The URL field is checked to ensure that it contains only Latin characters and does not contain spaces. The URL may be protocol relative (begins with <code>//</code>). If there are no spaces and the URL is not protocol relative, then the scheme must comply with <nowiki>RFC 3986</nowiki>.<ref>{{citation |mode=cs1 |contribution-url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/std66#section-3.1 |contribution=Scheme |title=Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force]] |date=January 2005 |rfc=3986}}</ref> This error may arise when a copy-pasted URL omits the URI scheme.

Top- and second-level domain names are checked for proper form. Generally, top-level domain names must be two or more letters; second-level domain names must be two or more letters, digits, or hyphens (first and last character must be a letter or digit). [[Single-letter second-level domain]]s are supported for:

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The cs1|2 templates expect that {{para|archive-url}} will hold a unique URL for an archived snapshot of the source identified by {{para|url}} or {{para|chapter-url}} (or any of its aliases). This error message is emitted when the value assigned to {{para|archive-url}} is the same as the matching title or chapter URL.

To resolve this error, ensure that {{para|url}} and other URL parameters contain valid URLs. Online tools are available to [[Internationalized domain name|internationalize]] URLs that are written in non-Latin scripts:

* {{cite web |url=https://www.verisign.com/en_US/channel-resources/domain-registry-products/idn/idn-conversion-tool/index.xhtml?loc=en_US |title=IDN Conversion Tool |website=Verisign }}

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_url}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_url_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_url|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_url_help_text" />

==<span id="bad_zbl">Check |zbl= value</span>==

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_bad_zbl|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="bad_zbl_help_text" />

==<span id="param_unknown_empty">Cite has empty unknown parameter: <param></span>==

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To resolve this error, remove the extra pipe, correct the parameter name, or remove the parameter from the CS1|2 template.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_param_unknown_empty}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="param_unknown_empty_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_param_unknown_empty|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="param_unknown_empty_help_text" />

==<span id="missing_periodical"></span>Cite <template> requires |<param>===

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In some cases, an incorrect template has been used (e.g. {{tlx|cite journal}} for a web page, book, or standalone document). The appropriate resolution in these cases is to change the incorrect template to {{tlx|cite web}}, {{tlx|cite book}}, or a different, more appropriate template.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_missing_periodical}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="missing_periodical_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_missing_periodical|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="missing_periodical_help_text" />

==<span id="deprecated_params"></span>Cite uses deprecated parameter |<param>= ==

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_deprecated_params|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section begin="deprecated_params_table" />

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| {{para|lay-date}}|| rowspan="4" | if the source named by these parameters is important to the Wikipedia article, create a cs1|2 template for that source with all of the appropriate bibliographic information || rowspan="4" |2021-01-03

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| {{para|transcripturl}} || {{para|transcript-url}} || 2022-01-22

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==<span id="generic_name">Cite uses generic name</span>==

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<section begin="generic_name_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_generic_name|$1=<param>}}

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Articles are listed in this category when [[Module:Citation/CS1]] identifies template author or editor name parameters that use place-holder names. Such names may have been provided by bots or other tools that are unable to identify the source's correct names. Pages in this category should only be added by Module:Citation/CS1.

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CS1|2 maintains a short list of 'names' that are typically not the correct names for the cited source. Some examples are:

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*<code>about us</code>

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*<code>author</code>

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*<code>collaborator</code>

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*<code>contributor</code>

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*<code>contact us</code>

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*<code>directory</code>

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*<code>editor</code>

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*<code>email</code>

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*<code>facebook</code>

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*<code>google</code>

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*<code>home page</code>

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*<code>instagram</code>

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*<code>interviewer</code>

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*<code>linkedIn</code>

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*<code>pinterest</code>

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*<code>policy</code>

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*<code>privacy</code>

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*<code>translator</code>

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*<code>tumblr</code>

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*<code>twitter</code>

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*<code>site name</code>

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*<code>statement</code>

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*<code>submitted</code>

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*<code>super user</code>

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*<code>user</code>

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*<code>verfasser</code>

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If you are aware of other common place-holder names, please report them at [[Help talk:Citation Style 1]], so that they can be added to the list.

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To resolve this error, replace the place-holder name with the source's actual author or editor name, or use a more appropriate parameter.

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Example fixes:

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* Replace {{para|author|Smith, Jane, editor}} with {{para|editor|Smith, Jane}}

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False positives are possible. When the name is valid, wrap the parameter value in the [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Accept-this-as-written_markup|accept-this-as-written markup]]:

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:{{para|author|((Super User))}}

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Please do not use this markup when it is not appropriate.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_generic_name|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" />

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See also the error category [[:Category:CS1 errors: generic title]].<section end="generic_name_help_text" />

==<span id="generic_title">Cite uses generic title</span>==

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CS1|2 maintains a short list of 'titles' that are typically not the title of the cited source. Some examples are:

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* ~~Wayback~~ machine

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* ~~This~~ website is for sale

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*<code>404</code>

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* ~~Are you a robot?~~

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*<code>are you a robot</code>

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*<code>hugedomains.com</code>

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*<code>internet archive wayback machine</code>

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*<code>log into facebook</code>

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*<code>login • instagram</code>

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*<code>no title</code> – various forms

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*<code>page not found</code>

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*<code>redirecting...</code>

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*<code>subscribe to read</code>

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*<code>unknown</code> – various forms

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*<code>usurped title</code>

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*<code>wayback machine</code>

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*<code>webcite query result</code>

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*<code>website is for sale</code>

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*<code>wikiwix's cache</code>

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If you are aware of other common place-holder titles, please report them at [[Help talk:Citation Style 1]], so that they can be added to the list.

To resolve this error, replace the place-holder title with the source's actual title.

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~~Pages with this error~~ are ~~automatically placed~~ in {{~~#invoke:cs1 documentation support~~|~~help_text_cats~~|~~err_generic_title~~}}.~~<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" />~~

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False positives are possible. When the name is valid, wrap the parameter value in the [[Help:Citation_Style_1#Accept-this-as-written_markup|accept-this-as-written markup]]:

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:{{para|title|((404th Fighter Aviation Regiment))}}

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Please do not use this markup when it is not appropriate.

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See also the maintenance category [[:Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title]].<section end="generic_title_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_generic_title|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" />

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See also the maintenance category [[:Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title]] and the similar error category [[:Category:CS1 errors: generic name]].<section end="generic_title_help_text" />

==<span id="citeseerx_missing">|citeseerx= required</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the template has {{para|citeseerx}} with a properly constructed value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_citeseerx_missing|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="citeseerx_missing_help_text" />

==<span id="class_ignored">|class= ignored</span>==

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_class_ignored|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="class_ignored_help_text" />

==<span id="contributor_ignored">|contributor= ignored</span>==

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Only used in book citations, {{para|contributor}} identifies the author of a contribution, typically an afterword, foreword, introduction, preface, etc., to another (primary) author's work. This error occurs when {{para|contributor}} is used in a template that is not {{tlx|cite book}} or {{tlx|citation}} or is one of these two templates and one of the {{para|work}} parameter aliases is set.

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To resolve this error, choose a more appropriate CS1 or CS2 template or remove {{para|contributor}}.

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To resolve this error, consider the {{para|others}} parameter, choose a more appropriate CS1 or CS2 template or remove {{para|contributor}}.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_contributor_ignored}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="contributor_ignored_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_contributor_ignored|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="contributor_ignored_help_text" />

==<span id="contributor_missing_required_param">|contributor= requires |<param>= </span>==

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Only used in book citations, {{para|contributor}} identifies the author of a contribution, typically an afterword, foreword, introduction, preface, etc., to another (primary) author's work. As such, the primary author is required ({{para|author}} or appropriate alias) as is the title of the contribution ({{para|contribution}}).

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To resolve this error, include the book's primary author in {{para|author1}}, or {{para|last1}}, {{para|first1}}, or {{para|vauthors}} and include the contribution title in {{para|contribution}}; or remove {{para|contributor}}.

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To resolve this error, include the book's primary author in {{para|author1}}, or {{para|last1}}, {{para|first1}}, or {{para|vauthors}} and include the contribution title in {{para|contribution}}; or consider the {{para|others}} parameter or remove {{para|contributor}}.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_contributor_missing_required_param}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="contributor_missing_required_param_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_contributor_missing_required_param|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="contributor_missing_required_param_help_text" />

==<span id="doibroken_missing_doi">|doi-broken-date= requires |doi=</span>==

<section begin="doibroken_missing_doi_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_doibroken_missing_doi|$1=doi-broken-date}}

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When {{para|doi-broken-date}} is used in a CS1|2 template, {{para|doi~~}} or {{para|DOI~~}} (with value) must also be present.

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When {{para|doi-broken-date}} is used in a CS1|2 template, {{para|doi}} (with value) must also be present.

To resolve this error, either add the missing DOI or remove the 'broken' parameter.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_doibroken_missing_doi}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="doibroken_missing_doi_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_doibroken_missing_doi|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="doibroken_missing_doi_help_text" />

==<span id="extra_text_edition">|edition= has extra text </span>==

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To resolve this error, remove the extraneous text from the parameter value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_edition}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_edition_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_edition|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_edition_help_text" />

==<span id="empty_citation">Empty citation</span>==

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To resolve this error, add appropriate parameter identifiers, translate foreign language parameter names to their English equivalents, or replace the CS1/CS2 template with a more appropriate template.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_empty_citation}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="empty_citation_help_text" />

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== <span id="explicit_et_al">Explicit use of et al.</span> ==

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Use the {{para|display-authors}} parameter instead (or other applicable {{para|display-''<names>''}} parameter), as documented at [[Help:Citation Style 1#Display options]].

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_etal}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="explicit_etal_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_etal|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="explicit_etal_help_text" />

==<span id="param_has_ext_link">External link in |<param>=</span>==

<section begin="param_has_ext_link_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_param_has_ext_link|$1={{pipe}}<param>=}}

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This error occurs when any of ~~the [[Help~~:~~Citation Style 1~~|~~CS1]] or [[Help:Citation Style 2~~|~~CS2 citation]] title~~-~~holding parameters~~ – {{para|~~title~~}}, {{para|~~chapter~~}}, {{para|~~publisher~~}}, {{para|~~work~~}} or any of ~~its aliases~~: {{para|~~journal~~}}, {{para|~~magazine~~}}, {{para|~~newspaper~~}}, {{para|~~periodical~~}} ~~and~~ {{para|~~website~~}} ~~– hold an external link (URL). External links in these parameters corrupt the citation's metadata and can be the source of a variety of other error messages.~~

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This error occurs when a URL is found in any parameter that is not one of these URL-holding parameters:

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*{{para|archive-url}}

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*{{para|article-url}}

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*{{para|chapter-url}}

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*{{para|conference-url}}

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*{{para|contribution-url}}

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*{{para|entry-url}}

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*{{para|{{xtd|lay-url}}}} – deprecated

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*{{para|map-url}}

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*{{para|section-url}}

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*{{para|transcript-url}}

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*{{para|url}}

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or any of these insource locator parameters:

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*{{para|page}}

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*{{para|p}}

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*{{para|pages}}

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*{{para|pp}}

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*{{para|at}}

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*{{para|quote-page}}

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*{{para|quote-pages}}

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To resolve this error, remove the external link from the identified parameter. Consider placing the external link in a more appropriate parameter:

* for {{para|chapter}}, the URL may belong in {{para|chapter-url}}.

* for other parameters, it may belong in {{para|url}}.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_param_has_ext_link}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="param_has_ext_link_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_param_has_ext_link|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="param_has_ext_link_help_text" />

==<span id="first_missing_last">|<first>''n''= missing |<last>''n''=</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that each {{para|<first>''n''}} has a corresponding {{para|<last>''n''}}.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_first_missing_last}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="first_missing_last_help_text" />

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==<span id="format_missing_url">|format= requires |url= </span>==

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To resolve this error, remove {{para|format}} or {{para|chapter-format}}; define {{para|url}} or {{para|chapter-url}}; or change {{para|format}} to {{para|type}} (or to {{para|chapter-format}} if {{para|chapter-url}} is used without {{para|url}}.

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==<span id="disp_name">Invalid |display-<names>=<value></span>==

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To resolve this error, do one of the following:

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* Remove the {{para|display-<names>}} parameter from the citation (because "et al." is not appropriate in the citation)

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* Remove the {{para|display-<names>}} parameter from the citation (typically because "et al." is not appropriate in the citation)

* Change the <code><value></code> of the {{para|display-<names>}} parameter such that it is less than the number of <code><names></code> in the name-list (thereby truncating the displayed list to the number)

* Change the <code><value></code> of the {{para|display-<names>}} parameter to <code>etal</code>, which will cause "et al" to display after the last <code><name></code>.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_disp_name}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="disp_name_help_text" />

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==<span id="invalid_param_val">Invalid <param>=<value></span>==

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| {{para|no-tracking}}

|-

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| {{para|bibcode-access}}||rowspan=7|<code>free</code>

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| {{para|bibcode-access}}||rowspan=8|<code>free</code>

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| {{para|doi-access}}

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| {{para|osti-access}}

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|-

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| {{para|ssrn-access}}

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| {{para|s2cid-access}}

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| {{para|section-url-access}}

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| {{para|url-status}}||<code>dead</code>, <code>live</code>, <code>unfit</code>, <code>usurped</code>

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| {{para|url-status}}||<code>dead</code>, <code>live</code>, <code>deviated</code>, <code>unfit</code>, <code>usurped</code>

|}

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To resolve this error, use an appropriate value.

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To resolve this error for the parameters in the table, use an appropriate value.

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Support for {{para|ref|harv}} is withdrawn because cs1|2 templates now automatically create the <code>CITEREF</code> anchor value that {{para|ref|harv}} controlled. To resolve this error, remove {{para|ref|harv}}.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_invalid_param_val|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="invalid_param_val_help_text" />

==<span id="script_parameter">Invalid |script-<param>=: <type></span>==

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{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|script_lang_lister}}

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==<span id="extra_text_issue">|issue=/|number= has extra text</span>==

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The templates emit this error message when various forms of issue or number prefixes (like <code>Iss.</code> or <code>No.</code>) are found in the value assigned to {{para|issue}} or {{para|number}}.

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To resolve this error, remove the extraneous text from the parameter value. If the extraneous text removed is related to issues, please use the {{para|issue}} parameter rather ~~then~~ {{para|number}} for this, and vice versa. At present, the output is the same for both parameters, but this may not hold true in future versions, therefore it is important that issues and number values are used with the proper parameter as per what nomenclature is used in the actual publication.

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To resolve this error, remove the extraneous text from the parameter value. If the extraneous text removed is related to issues, please use the {{para|issue}} parameter rather than {{para|number}} for this, and vice versa. At present, the output is the same for both parameters, but this may not hold true in future versions, therefore it is important that issues and number values are used with the proper parameter as per what nomenclature is used in the actual publication.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_issue}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_issue_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_issue|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_issue_help_text" />

==<span id="apostrophe_markup">Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |<param>=</span>==

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To resolve this error, remove wiki markup from the named parameter's value and ensure that the template is using the correct parameters; when citing a newspaper, use {{para|newspaper}} for the newspaper's name, not {{para|publisher}}, etc.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_apostrophe_markup|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="apostrophe_markup_help_text" />

==<span id="missing_name">Missing |<name>''n''=</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the numbering of the {{para|<last>{{var|n}}}} parameters increments properly.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_missing_name|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="missing_name_help_text" />

==<span id="missing_title">Missing or empty |title= </span>==

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{{tlx|cite episode}} will show this error if {{para|series}} is omitted or left blank (even if a {{para|title}} is provided).

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{{tlx|cite encyclopedia}} will show this error if {{para|encyclopedia}} has a value but {{para|entry}} (or another {{para|chapter}} alias) is omitted or left blank.

Sometimes this error occurs because an editor has used a CS1|2 citation as a [[Help:Shortened footnotes|shortened footnote]] when {{tlx|sfn}} or one of the {{tlx|harv}} family of templates would have been more appropriate. This error also occurs when an editor used {{tlx|citation}} but intended to use {{tlx|citation needed}}.

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Some legitimate titles will contain a CS1|2 parameter name followed by an equal sign. In that case, enclose the equal sign in nowiki tags, like this: {{tag|nowiki|content={{=}}}}. For most other cases, simply add the missing pipe.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_missing_pipe}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="missing_pipe_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_missing_pipe|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="missing_pipe_help_text" />

==<span id="redundant_parameters">More than one of |<param1>=, |<param2>=, and |<param3>= specified</span>==

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To resolve this error, choose one name-list-style. Use the chosen style for both of the author and editor name-lists.

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Pages with these errors are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_redundant_parameters}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="redundant_parameters_help_text" />

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==<span id="extra_text_pages">|page(s)= has extra text</span>==

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To resolve this error, remove the extraneous text from the parameter value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_pages}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_pages_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_pages|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_pages_help_text" />

==<span id="param_access_requires_param">|<param>-access= requires |<param>=</span>==

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To resolve this error, either provide a value for the parameter, or remove the access level specification.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_param_access_requires_param}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="param_access_requires_param_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_param_access_requires_param|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="param_access_requires_param_help_text" />

==<span id="embargo_missing_pmc">|pmc-embargo-date= requires |pmc=</span>==

<section begin="embargo_missing_pmc_help_text" />{{help desk}}{{#invoke:Cs1 documentation support|help_text_error_messages|err_embargo_missing_pmc|$1=pmc-embargo-date}}

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When {{para|pmc-embargo-date}} is used in a CS1|2 template, {{para|pmc~~}} or {{para|PMC~~}} (with value) must also be present.

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When {{para|pmc-embargo-date}} is used in a CS1|2 template, {{para|pmc}} (with value) must also be present.

To resolve this error, either add the missing PMC or remove the 'broken' parameter.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_embargo_missing_pmc}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="embargo_missing_pmc_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_embargo_missing_pmc|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="embargo_missing_pmc_help_text" />

==<span id="ssrn_missing">|ssrn= required</span>==

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To resolve this error, ensure that the template has {{para|ssrn}} with a properly constructed value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_ssrn_missing|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="ssrn_missing_help_text" />

==<span id="text_ignored">Text "????" ignored</span>==

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To resolve this error, remove the extraneous text, add '=', add an appropriate parameter name from the template you're using to complete the parameter, or properly encode vertical bars in URLs and titles.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_text_ignored}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="text_ignored_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_text_ignored|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="text_ignored_help_text" />

==<span id="trans_missing_title">|trans-<param>= requires |<param>= or |script-<param>=</span>==

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To resolve this error, provide the original language title for {{para|title}} or chapter title for {{para|chapter}}. Consider adding {{para|language}} if not already part of the citation.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_trans_missing_title}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="trans_missing_title_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_trans_missing_title|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="trans_missing_title_help_text" />

==<span id="parameter_ignored">Unknown parameter |<param>= ignored<span id="parameter_ignored_suggest"> </span></span>==

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To resolve this error, replace the erroneous parameter name with a correct one, possibly using the suggested name. Ensure that the parameter's name is correctly spelled and that there are no characters except spaces between the parameter's name and the leading vertical bar (|) or trailing equals sign (=). A list of valid parameters can be found by consulting [[Help:Citation Style 1]] or visiting the description page of the specific template being used, such as {{tlx|cite web}}, {{tlx|cite book}}, {{tlx|cite journal}}, etc. Consider moving information associated with the unknown parameter into an appropriate parameter or to a section of the article's talk page for preservation.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_parameter_ignored}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="parameter_ignored_help_text" />

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_parameter_ignored|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="parameter_ignored_help_text" />

==<span id="wikilink_in_url">URL–wikilink conflict</span>==

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To resolve errors in identifier-based citation templates, the template must be edited to correct the error. Exercise caution when editing these templates because identifier-based citation templates are often used in multiple articles.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_wikilink_in_url|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="wikilink_in_url_help_text" />

==<span id="vancouver">Vancouver style error</span>==

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* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7282/box/A33152/?report=objectonly Organizations as author]

** CS1|2 does not obey the semicolon-as-separator rule. Separate corporate and organizational names from each other and from individual names with a comma; wrap corporate and organizational names in doubled parentheses as described above.

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==<span id="extra_text_volume">|volume= has extra text</span>==

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To resolve this error, remove the extraneous text from the parameter value.

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Pages with this error are automatically placed in {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|help_text_cats|err_extra_text_volume|pages=yes}}.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories" /><section end="extra_text_volume_help_text" /><section begin="notes_help_text" />

==Notes==

{{reflist |group=lower-alpha |refs=

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<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories">Pages in the Book talk, Category talk, Draft ~~talk, Education Program~~ talk, File talk, Help talk, MediaWiki talk, Module talk, Portal talk, Talk, Template talk, User, User talk, and Wikipedia talk namespaces are not included in the tracking categories. In addition, pages with names matching the patterns '/[Ss]andbox', '/[Tt]estcases', '/[^/]*[Ll]og', and '/[Aa]rchive' are not included in the tracking categories.</ref>

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<ref group="lower-alpha" name="categories">Pages in the Book talk, Category talk, Draft talk, File talk, Help talk, MediaWiki talk, Module talk, Portal talk, Talk, Template talk, User, User talk, and Wikipedia talk namespaces are not included in the tracking categories. In addition, pages with names matching the patterns '/[Ss]andbox', '/[Tt]estcases', '/[^/]*[Ll]og', and '/[Aa]rchive' are not included in the tracking categories.</ref>

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