Difference between revisions of "Template:Refname rules"
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test>D'Ranged 1 (→top: Add spacing for readability; remove very bad advice to always use quotation marks even when they're not needed.) |
(Explicitly list forbidden characters, for clarity.) |
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* Names are case-sensitive | * Names are case-sensitive | ||
* Names may not be purely numeric | * Names may not be purely numeric | ||
− | * Names must be unique—you | + | * Names must be unique—you may not use the same name to define different groups or footnotes |
* Quotation marks are optional if the only characters used are letters <code>A–Z</code>, <code>a–z</code>, digits <code>0–9</code>, and the symbols <code> ! $ % & ( ) * , - . : ; < @ [ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ </code>. | * Quotation marks are optional if the only characters used are letters <code>A–Z</code>, <code>a–z</code>, digits <code>0–9</code>, and the symbols <code> ! $ % & ( ) * , - . : ; < @ [ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ </code>. | ||
+ | ** The forbidden printable ASCII characters are <code> # " ' / = > ? \ </code>. | ||
* Inclusion of any other characters, {{em|including spaces}}, requires that the reference name be enclosed in quotes: <code>name="<var>John Smith</var>"</code>. | * Inclusion of any other characters, {{em|including spaces}}, requires that the reference name be enclosed in quotes: <code>name="<var>John Smith</var>"</code>. | ||
* The quote marks must be the standard straight keyboard marks (<code>"</code>); curly or other quotes will be parsed as part of the reference name. | * The quote marks must be the standard straight keyboard marks (<code>"</code>); curly or other quotes will be parsed as part of the reference name. |