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'''Explanatory footnotes''' or '''Efn''' are footnotes that  provide something other than, or more than, a reference to a [[WP:Reliable sources|source]] that supports the accompanying text. The first unnamed parameter is displayed as the content of the footnote.

{{hatnote|'''Note''': If the note's content contains an "{{=}}" character, a reference error will be displayed; precede the content with {{para|1}} (or one of its aliases, {{para|text}}, {{para|reference}}, or {{para|content}}) to fix the error.}}

The following explanation is transcluded from [[Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: predefined groups]].
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==Example articles==
* [[Logic Theorist]] (a short article showing basic usage)
* [[Chinese room]] (a long and complex article which uses all the features: named footnotes, list defined notes, etc.)
* [[Empire of Brazil]]
* [[John Diefenbaker]] (with name= and notes in <nowiki>{{notes}}</nowiki>)
* [[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]

== TemplateData ==
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<templatedata>
{
	"description": "Inserts an explanatory footnote. Notes can be named and grouped.",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"aliases": [
				"reference",
				"text",
				"content"
			],
			"label": "Note",
			"description": "Text of the note",
			"type": "content",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"name": {
			"label": "Ref. name",
			"description": "Reference name of the note",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"group": {
			"label": "Reference group",
			"description": "Styled group to which the note belongs. Unrecognized values are treated as \"lower-alpha\".",
			"type": "string",
			"suggestedvalues": [
				"upper-alpha",
				"lower-greek",
				"note",
				"lower-roman",
				"upper-roman"
			],
			"default": "lower-alpha"
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

==See also==
* [[Template:Cref]] - A manual system alternative

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