This is a basic cheatsheet showing the formats for various citations and references. For more details on options and other supported variables, see the individual templates. For help on style, see the work-in-progress style reference page.
| Purpose | Code | Results in: |
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| In-line episode name, using {{ep}} | {{ep|2x55}} | "Duplicity" (2x55) |
| Link to Wikipedia | [[WP:Steve Blum|Steve Blum]] OR {{iwl|Steve Blum|wp}} | Steve Blum OR Steve Blum |
| Link to a Category page | [[:Category:Rogues|rogue]] | rogue |
| Adding a category to a page | [[Category:Huge creatures]] | The category "Huge creatures" added to the page. |
| Wikilink to a subheading | [[Wildemount#Eiselcross|Eiselcross]] | Eiselcross |
| Subheaders linking to the main page | {{Main|Eiselcross}} | Main article: Eiselcross
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| Wikilink to another wiki | [[w:c:forgottenrealms:Darkvision|Darkvision]] | Darkvision |
| Simple footnote, using {{ep ref}} | Here is some text.{{ep ref| ep=2x62| 3:40:28}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| Simple footnote if YouTube time stamp isn't available | Here is some text.{{ep ref| ep=2x62| cite=needed}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| More detailed footnote | Here is some text.{{ep ref| ep=2x62|3:40:28|3:45:00|more=Here is a footnote. Isn't it nifty?}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| Footnote with intro, YouTube video | Here is some text.{{ep ref|intro=Laura explained at Comic Con on 2018-03-02. | ep=[https://youtu.be/8HvAvefyYG4 "Emerald City Comic Con (Day 2)"] | vod=https://youtu.be/8HvAvefyYG4 | 2:02:38|2:04:56}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| Simple footnote to a sourcebook, using {{CR ref}} | Here is some text.{{CR ref| taldorei| 98}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| More detailed footnote to a sourcebook | Here is some text.{{CR ref| intro=This occurred in 812 PD.| EGtW| 23| 25| more=This is more detail.}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| Footnote to an official D&D sourcebook, using {{dnd ref}} | Here is some text.{{dnd ref| phb| 104}} | Here is some text.[1]
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| In-line reference to a specific time in an episode, using {{ep time}} | This happened in {{ep time| ep=2x110| 1:23:45}}. | This happened in "Dinner with the Devil" (2x110) at 1:23:45. |
| In-line reference to a specific time in an episode (just the time) | This happened in {{ep time| ep=2x110| 1:23:45}} and {{ep time |ep=2x110| 1:56:57| hideep=true| hidewords=true}}. | This happened in "Dinner with the Devil" (2x110) at 1:23:45 and 1:56:57. |
| Footnote to a Tweet, using {{twitter}} | Here is some text.<ref>{{Twitter |handle=aimeecarrero |status=status/1408276274708025346 |name=[[Aimee Carrero]] |quote=For those asking, Opal is human|date=2021-06-25}}</ref> | Here is some text.[1]
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| Link to a post or page on CritRole.com, using {{CR}} | {{CR|23010-2/|2021 Late Summer & Early Autumn Programming Updates}} |  2021 Late Summer & Early Autumn Programming Updates on CritRole.com
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| Footnote to a Reddit post | Here is some text.<ref>Matt commented on [https://www.reddit.com/r/criticalrole/comments/9thin8/spoilers/ Reddit.] </ref> | Here is some text.[1] |
| Naming and reusing references | Here is some text.{{ep ref|ep=2x72|3:06:10|name=YouNeedMe}} Here is some more text.<ref name="Named">Here is a named ref.</ref> And this is even more text.<ref name="YouNeedMe"/><ref name="Named"/> | Here is some text.[1] Here is some more text.[2] And this is even more text.[1][2] |
| Text hidden outside the editor | Comment here.<!-- This is hidden. --> | Comment here. |
| Redirect page | On the page to be redirected (for example, "Bright Queen"), type (only!) #REDIRECT [[Leylas Kryn]] | A new page redirecting wikilinks to "Bright Queen" to "Leylas Kryn". |
