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This page will help you to fix the cite error message:
Ran out of custom link labels for group "$1". Define more in the MediaWiki:$2 message.
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- Please reference this page and the page where you have the problem so we can understand your issues.
- For basic information on the footnotes system, see Referencing for beginners; for advanced help, see Footnotes.
Overview
In-text cite link labels can be customized by using a group name that calls a custom label page. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (footnotes)/Cite link labels for details.
Issues and resolution
The number of references using the group name exceeds the number of labels.
The labels were defined without a space separating each label.
Examples
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This example uses the label style "error-test", a style used only for testing. As "error-test" has three labels defined, the fourth use of the same label with content "Reference 4" returns an error message:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[error-test 1] Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.[error-test 2] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[error-test 3] Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.[error-test 4]
Technical
Pages with this error message are placed into Pages with incorrect ref formatting. The system message page is at Cite error no link label group.
Bugs
- T24265
- The error message at MediaWiki:Cite error no link label group gets classed as a reference, so you can't use a wikilink in the message to link to a help page
- The reference list is an ordered list and uses numbers that don't match the in-text cite labels