Template:Reflist/doc

The Reflist template is used to create a list of cited references at the bottom of the article. It is used in conjunction with Ref, Cquote, or  (when necessary to use reference names/groups).

Usage
Type  where you would normally type. If used with no parameters, it will produce a reference list with a single column.

It should be placed near the very bottom of the article, with only the list of article categories below it.

Multiple columns
Using  will create a two-column reference list, and   will create a three-column list. Three-column lists are inaccessible to users with smaller/laptop monitors and should be avoided.

Using  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 should render properly in major web browsers, but may not do so in all. On the Wiki, it is unlikely that a references list in multiple columns would ever be used.

Example
produces:

CSS used
None used, but here are the available classes if they were to be modified: div.references-small { } ol.references { }