Template:Remoteref/doc

Create a one-way link from a superscript, bracketed, footnote indicator (like this one) from a Talk page (or any page) to any Citeref-addressable CS1 or CS2 citation present in an article. This template should not be used in mainspace.

Quickstart
From the Talk page of an article, code it the same way you would code an sfn, simply changing 'sfn' to 'remoteref'. Specify param n, if you want a different footnote number than '1' every time.

Parameters
One to five positional parameters, exactly matching the params you would use with sfn to link to the citation, plus several optional named parameters to expand the range of pages which may be accessed, and specify the "footnote" number.

Basic – these are the same as the parameters of sfn:
 * &lt;last1> – surname of first author or corporate author (required)
 * &lt;last2> – &lt;last4> – positional parameters; surnames of next three authors
 * &lt;year> – four-digit year; may have a lowercase disambiguation letter like 2012a

Supplementary – parameters for configuring the superscript link display and extending its range:
 * note – the numeric value to display between brackets; can be any value (optional; default = '1')
 * article – article or page title; may be used to link to a full citation at another article or page. By default, targets the article or subjectpage with which the Talk page is associated. (restricted; see param notes)
 * rev – revision id ("oldid"); may be used to link to a full citation in an old revision of an article (restricted; overrides 'article'; see param notes)
 * lang - the language code of the foreign language Wikipedia where the citation is located; requires 'rev' or 'article'; (restricted; see param notes)

Examples
Add the call right after the text you want to remotely reference: The examples above use param article because this template page is unrelated to those articles. However, you should leave out the param if you are coding the template from the associated Talk page; that is, from Talk:Rayleigh_scattering or Talk:Dufuna_canoe. In that case, they would look like this instead: and produce the same linked footnote output as the first set.
 * ⟶ The sky is blue.
 * ⟶ ...in Lake Chad.
 * ⟶ E = MC2.
 * ⟶ C'est un calque