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== Usage ==

Use this template to create a reference list in an article with a small font, or to organize a large list of references into two or three columns.  Note that there is no consensus that small font size should always for all references; when normal-sized font is more appropriate on an article, use <tt><nowiki><references /></nowiki></tt> instead.

If used with no parameters, it will produce a reference list with a single column.

=== Multiple columns ===

Using <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|2}}</nowiki></tt> will create a two-column reference list, and <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|3}}</nowiki></tt> will create a three-column list.

Using <tt><nowiki>{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}</nowiki></tt> will allow the browser to automatically choose the number of columns based on the width of the web browser.  Choose a column width that's appropriate for the average width of the references on the page.

Note: multiple columns currently render properly only in Mozilla Firefox and other Gecko-based browsers,<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2006-11-24|date=2005-12-30|title=CSS3 Multi-Column Thriller|url=http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css3_multi-column_thriller.html}}</ref> though the feature is included in [[Wikipedia:Cascading Style Sheets|CSS3]], so it should work for a larger number of browsers in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol|title=CSS3 module: Multi-column layout|publisher=[[Wikipedia:World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]]|date=2005-12-15|accessdate=2006-11-24}}</ref>

=== Three options for usage ===

==== Option 1 (only specific references) ====
see [[Wikipedia:The Rule]] for example
<pre>
== Content ==

Lorem ipsum.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}
</pre>

==== Option 2 (only general references) ====
see [[Wikipedia:National Publications]] for example
<pre>
== Content ==

Lorem ipsum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

== References ==

{{refbegin}}
* general reference 1
* general reference 2
{{refend}}
</pre>

==== Option 3 (both specific and general references) ====
see [[Wikipedia:Elephant]] for example
<pre>
== Content ==

Lorem ipsum.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>Source name, access date, etc.</ref>

Lorem ipsum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{refbegin}}
* general reference 1
* general reference 2
{{refend}}
</pre>

== See also ==

* [[Pensapedia:Citing sources]]
* [[Pensapedia:Footnotes]]
* Templates recommended for use with Reflist
** {{tl|Refbegin}}
** {{tl|Refend}}
* Similar-functioning templates
** {{tl|Footnotes}}
** {{tl|FootnotesSmall}}
** {{tl|Ref-section}}

== References ==
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