Editing Template:Expand section/doc (section)

=== For a References or Notes section ===

When the section that needs expansion is used to list cited sources, then either {{Tlx|No footnotes}} or {{Tlx|More footnotes needed}} should be used instead of {{Tlx|Empty section}} or {{Tlx|Expand section}}. 

'''Note:''' Unlike the other templates mentioned, those "footnotes" templates should go at the beginning/TOP of the page, just under any hatnotes, rather than at the beginning of a section. 

In the main article namespace, [[wikipedia:WP:Citing sources|citing sources]] is an important part of the article, performed by using the tags, <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, which in turn are collected and formatted into text in the section containing the {{Tlx|Reflist}} template or the <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> tag. This section (or sub-section, as might be the case if the sources are listed separately) is often titled "References", and can have other names.

If the article has a section that contains either {{Tlx|Reflist}} or <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>, ''the section can still appear blank'' on the saved, rendered page if the article has no text within <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code> tags. Such a section is still considered blank, even though the template or tag wikitext can be seen in Edit mode. In that case the {{Tlx|No footnotes}} template should be used at the TOP of the page just beneath any hatnotes.