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This template is intended to assist users at the [[Wikipedia:Help desk|help desk]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk|AfC help desk]], the [[Wikipedia:Teahouse|Teahouse]], for replying to {{Tlx|Help me}} requests and at other fora, where the basics of providing inline citations needs to be explained. It provides a visual guide to inline citations that some users may respond better to than a text explanation alone.

=== Usage ===
* This template may be transcluded or [[WP:SUBST|substituted]] by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus you may use <nowiki>{{</nowiki>'''subst:'''<code><nowiki>Refref2}}</nowiki></code> rather than <code><nowiki>{{Refref2}}</nowiki></code>. However, given the quantity of code in this template, transclusion may be preferable to substitution.
* The template does not include automatic signing. Please remember to sign by typing four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) after the template syntax (or at the end of your accompanying post to which this template may be an add-on).

==Sister template==
This template is a more basic version of its sister template, {{tlx|Refref}}, which ''unlike'' this template: 
# Provides a detailed text explanation above the (identical) visual elements; and 
# Is hidden by default because of its significantly larger footprint. 
For comparison, the sister template's output is shown below:

{{refref}}

{{Referencing help}}

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