The following steps below detail how template ((reflist)) is implemented on the English Wikipedia. If porting an exact copy of the template ((reflist)) to other Wikimedia projects, the following needs to be copied (and modified to suit the needs of your project); other wikis outside Wikimedia projects should make sure the latest versions of the extensions Cite, ParserFunctions and TemplateStyles are installed first, and if adding the tracking category you'll also need to install Scribunto. Please use an edit summary like the text shown so the history will show where each page came from.

Create or modify the following templates and system messages

Tracking category

The tracking category Category:Pages using reflist with unknown parameters uses the following templates:

Optional

To replace the default uparrow (↑) with caret (^)

CSS support

Copy the following CSS to MediaWiki:Common.css. → copy from [[:en:MediaWiki:Common.css]]

/* Make the list of references smaller */
ol.references {
	font-size: 90%;            /* Default font-size */
	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}