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The '''shortened footnote template''' {{tl|sfn}} creates a short [[WP:Citing sources#Short citations|author–date citation]] in a [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|footnote]], with a one-directional link to the first matching [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation template]] on the same page. It will combine identical footnotes automatically. 

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== TemplateData ==
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{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"description": "Last name of first (or only) author",
			"required": true,
			"example": "Smith",
			"type": "line",
			"suggested": true,
			"label": "Author last name"
		},
		"2": {
			"description": "Year for citations with one author, or last name of second author for citations with two or more authors",
			"required": true,
			"example": "2006",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true,
			"label": "Second author or year"
		},
		"3": {
			"description": "Year for citations with two authors, or last name of third author for citations with three or more authors",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Third author or year"
		},
		"4": {
			"description": "Year for citations with three authors, or last name of fourth author for citations with four authors",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Fourth author or year"
		},
		"5": {
			"description": "Year for citations with four authors",
			"type": "number",
			"label": "Year (if four authors included)"
		},
		"p": {
			"description": "Page number in source, if the relevant information is on one page (use the «pp» parameter for multiple pages, and the «loc» parameter for other location data)",
			"suggested": true,
			"aliases": [
				"page"
			],
			"example": "42",
			"type": "line",
			"label": "Page"
		},
		"pp": {
			"description": "Page numbers in source",
			"aliases": [
				"pages"
			],
			"example": "23–24",
			"type": "line",
			"label": "Pages"
		},
		"ps": {
			"description": "Trailing text to replace period",
			"example": "none",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Postscript"
		},
		"loc": {
			"description": "Location in source",
			"example": "section 7",
			"type": "line",
			"label": "Location",
			"aliases": [
				"at"
			]
		},
		"group": {
			"label": "Group",
			"description": "The reference group for the footnote",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"description": "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.",
	"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
* {{tl|p.}} – citing a page number
* {{tl|r}} – define and reference page(s)
* {{tl|rp}} – reference page(s)
* {{tl|Sfnm}} – for ''m''ultiple sources
* {{tl|SfnRef}} – for the ref anchor
* {{tl|Sfnlink}} – for unidirectional links, especially from [[WP:LDR|LDRs]]
* {{tl|efn}} – for explanatory foot notes
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