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==Reusing references==
You can specify a reference to use with multiple <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tags by using the <code>name</code> parameter. Put the text of the reference into the first reference to use the name, and then in any further instances of the reference, you can use just the name without the text and they will share the note in the reflist.<nowiki><ref name="example">example of a named reference</ref></nowiki><ref name="example">example of a named reference</ref>

Now that a reference is named, it can be used again by sharing the <code>name</code> parameter. Use a self-closing <nowiki><ref></nowiki> tag by including a space and a forward slash at the end of the tag. You will be able to see that both this ref tag and the previous one share the same number.<nowiki><ref name="example" /></nowiki><ref name="example" />