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Module:Footnotes

The shortened footnote template {{sfn}} creates a short author-date citation in a footnote. For use with Template:Sfnote.

Template:Harvard citation documentation

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This template creates a short author-date citation in a footnote. It allows you to link inline citation using Harvard citations (a form of short citations using parenthetical references) to their corresponding full bibliographic citations.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	Last name of first (or only) author	Unknown	required
2	`2`	Year for citations with one author, or last name of second author for citations with two or more authors	Unknown	required
3	`3`	Year for citations with two authors, or last name of third author for citations with three or more authors	Unknown	optional
4	`4`	Year for citations with three authors, or last name of fourth author for citations with four authors	Unknown	optional
5	`5`	Year for citations with four authors	Unknown	optional
p	`p`	Page number in source.	Unknown	suggested
pp	`pp`	Page numbers in source.	Unknown	optional
loc	`loc`	Location in source	Unknown	optional

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