Wikipedia:Use reflist

The   template is a popular implementation of footnotes in Wikipedia. It serves to encapsulate the   tag that is used by the MediaWiki extension. While either of these may be used for making citations, there is a discrepancy in their appearance. In an attempt to further unify Wikipedia's look and feel across all of its pages, a standard should be set. As has become the more popular choice, it will be made the standard implementation. Editors are highly encouraged to use, but can still choose between the two choices at their discretion. Be warned, however, that if you use, other editors may change it to. If this is an issue, resolve it by reaching consensus on the article's talk page.