Using footnotes can be a good way to separate out-of-universe comments from in-universe information, or perhaps add a parenthetical statement to a data point that would be too long to fit nicely in an infobox.
The Footnote Feature[]
To create a footnote, we use the standard <ref> tag with the group attribute set to "note", like so:
<ref group="note">
The footnote goes between the start and end of the <ref> tag like this:
<ref group="note">This is a footnote.</ref>
The footnote will be given a number, starting with 1 and will be linked at the point where you begin the <ref>. Here is an example of a out-of-universe comment being added to an article:
The organizational structure of the Heralds was fairly hierarchical
with three levels of authority: the [[High Heralds]], the [[Heralds Pursuivant]],
and the [[Heralds (local)|local or regional Heralds]],<ref name="CotH-75">
{{Cite book/The Code of the Harpers|75}}</ref> plus numerous "[[court herald]]s"
that served and represented their sovereign while trying to uphold the ideals of
the Heralds.<ref group="note">The court herald was a prestige class in 3.5 edition
described in the ''[[Power of Faerûn]]'' sourcebook on pages 108–111. Players
were strongly discouraged from joining the Heralds because of the lack of adventure
in the life of a Herald, but a court herald traveled and could see some action.</ref>
which looks to the reader like this:
- The organizational structure of the Heralds was fairly hierarchical with three levels of authority: the High Heralds, the Heralds Pursuivant, and the local or regional Heralds,[1] plus numerous "court heralds" that served and represented their sovereign while trying to uphold the ideals of the Heralds.[note 1]
It is important to mention that you cannot put citations inside footnotes—the closing </ref> tags do not nest.
Footnotes are typically given their own section in the Appendix. To give the footnotes a place to appear, use the <references> tag with the group attribute set to "note", like so:
==Appendix==
===Notes===
<references group="note" />
===References===
{{refs}}
At the bottom of your article, you will then see:
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ The court herald was a prestige class in 3.5 edition described in the Power of Faerûn sourcebook on pages 108–111. Players were strongly discouraged from joining the Heralds because of the lack of adventure in the life of a Herald, but a court herald traveled and could see some action.
References[]
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (September 1993). The Code of the Harpers. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 75. ISBN 1-56076-644-1.