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'''Explanatory footnotes''' or '''Efn''' are footnotes that provide something other than, or more than, a reference to a [[WP:Reliable sources|source]] that supports the accompanying text. The first unnamed parameter is displayed as the content of the footnote.

{{hatnote|'''Note''': If the note's content contains an "{{=}}" character, a reference error will be displayed; precede the content with {{para|1}} (or one of its aliases, {{para|text}}, {{para|reference}}, or {{para|content}}) to fix the error.}}

The following explanation is transcluded from [[Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: predefined groups]].
{{#section:Help:footnotes|pregroup}}

==Example articles==
* [[Logic Theorist]] (a short article showing basic usage)
* [[Chinese room]] (a long and complex article which uses all the features: named footnotes, list defined notes, etc.)
* [[Empire of Brazil]]
* [[John Diefenbaker]] (with name= and notes in <nowiki>{{notes}}</nowiki>)
* [[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]
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[[Category:Explanatory footnote templates]]
[[Category:Templates that generate named references]]
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== Template data ==
Description: <templatedata>
{
"description": "Inserts an explanatory footnote. Notes can be named and grouped.",
"params": {
"1": {
"aliases": [
"reference",
"text",
"content"
],
"label": "Note",
"description": "Text of the note",
"type": "content",
"suggested": true
},
"name": {
"label": "Ref. name",
"description": "Reference name of the note",
"type": "string"
},
"group": {
"label": "Reference group",
"description": "Styled group to which the note belongs. Unrecognized values are treated as \"lower-alpha\".",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"upper-alpha",
"lower-greek",
"note",
"lower-roman",
"upper-roman"
],
"default": "lower-alpha"
}
}
}
</templatedata>

==See also==
* [[Template:Cref]] - A manual system alternative

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