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This page will help you to fix the cite error message:
Ran out of custom link labels for group "$1" (see the help page).
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Overview[edit]
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[edit]
The number of references using the group name exceeds the number of labels.
The labels were defined without a space separating each label.
Examples[edit]
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This example uses the label style "error-test", a style used only for testing:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[first] Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.[second] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[last!] Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.[<span class="error mw-ext-cite-error" lang="en" dir="ltr">((broken ref |prefix=Cite error: ((broken ref |msg=Ran out of custom link labels for group "error-test" |lang=en |help=Cite error no link label group |nocat=(({nocat|))} )) |lang=en |nocat=(({nocat|))} ))</span>]
Technical[edit]
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[edit]
- 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
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