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This is an example of how <ref> tags don't work[1] inside templates.
Here's a Thingy[2] with its <ref> tag within a template..
This reference[3] works, but the one in the template (above) doesn't.
References
- note that #3 is missing here. It is defined in the template {{User:Pengo/mytemplatewitharef}}
Bug reports
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php#Current_issues (Using <ref> within a template will create correctly numbered reference mark but it will be missing from the output of a <reference /> on the calling page.
- Bug 2257: Template parameters and parser hooks are handled in wrong order
Some words from Brion on the topic:
- that likely will never "work" the way you want with the current parser.
- we cannot guarantee that they will be parsed in the order you want.