Editing Template:Wikicite/doc (section)

== Usage ==
Copy-'n'-paste.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | id = | reference = }}</syntaxhighlight>
or, alternatively (but not equivalently{{snd}}see below)
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | ref = | reference = }}</syntaxhighlight>

The first parameter is  an alias for {{para|reference}}.  The {{para|id}} or {{para|ref}} parameters are alternative unique identifiers used for the reference link on the page, compatible with some other reference templates. If both {{para|id}} and {{para|ref}} are provided, {{para|id}} is ignored. There are two differences between these:
* {{para|id}} automatically prefixes the link anchor with "Reference-", whereas {{para|ref}} does not
* {{para|id}} encloses the link anchor in double quotes, so these must not be provided by the editor; but if using {{para|ref}}, the specified content for this parameter must be enclosed in quotes ''unless'' it consists entirely of letters, figures, hyphens and periods. If it contains ''any'' other character - such as a blank or underscore - it must be quoted. (e.g., a ref anchor of ''Von Autor-2006'' must be specified as {{para|ref|"Von Autor-2006"}})
Thus, these two forms
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | id = Anchor 1 | reference = Reference text }}</syntaxhighlight>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | ref = "Reference-Anchor 1" | reference = Reference text }}</syntaxhighlight>
produce identical results.

The {{para|reference}} parameter is the actual reference text. It may be plain text, formatted text, or one of the citation templates.