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This page will help you to fix the
cite error message:
A
list-defined reference with the name "$1" has been invoked, but is not defined in the <references>
tag (see the
help page).
References may be defined within the reference list:
{{reflist|refs= <ref name=rename1>refcontent1</ref> }}
Note: It is possible to get this error message when nesting footnotes in list-defined references, unfortunately the only fix in this situation is to not use list-defined references for entries that are nested.
<ref>...</ref>
tags.The reference named foo is defined but has no content:
<ref name="foo" /> <references> <ref name="foo"></ref> </references>
Cite error: A
list-defined reference with the name "foo" has been invoked, but is not defined in the <references>
tag (see the
help page).
Pages with this error message are placed into Pages with incorrect ref formatting. The system message page is at Cite error empty references define.