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If you see any errors like this, please remove the use of this template that is causing it and report it on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]] with as much detail as you can as soon as possible. These errors generally mean that there is some form of mistake with the template's actual code.
If you see any errors like this, please remove the use of this template that is causing it and report it on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]] with as much detail as you can as soon as possible. These errors generally mean that there is some form of mistake with the template's actual code.


=== Error: code 1 - data table empty ===
=== Error: code 1 ===
'''data table empty'''<br/>
This error means that the source's infobox was unable to collect any data to put the additional information together. To fix this, first [[Special:Purge|purge the cache of the source's page and the page the citation is being used on]]. If that doesn't work, make sure that the infobox contains at least one of the pieces of data listed [[#Exact nature of the additional information|here]]. If all else fails, manually define the additional information using the <tt>|citation text=</tt> parameter within the infobox.  
This error means that the source's infobox was unable to collect any data to put the additional information together. To fix this, first [[Special:Purge|purge the cache of the source's page and the page the citation is being used on]]. If that doesn't work, make sure that the infobox contains at least one of the pieces of data listed [[#Exact nature of the additional information|here]]. If all else fails, manually define the additional information using the <tt>|citation text=</tt> parameter within the infobox.  


=== Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW ===
=== Error: Code 2 ===
'''no data stored in variables, cache or SMW'''<br/>
This error means that the template is unable to get the additional information from the source's infobox. To fix this, first [[Special:Purge|purge the cache of the source's page and the page the citation is being used on]]. If this doesn't work, check that the source's page is actually using {{tlx|Bongolium500/Infobox Story SMW}} and, if it isn't, convert it so that it is. If this doesn't work, report the error on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].
This error means that the template is unable to get the additional information from the source's infobox. To fix this, first [[Special:Purge|purge the cache of the source's page and the page the citation is being used on]]. If this doesn't work, check that the source's page is actually using {{tlx|Bongolium500/Infobox Story SMW}} and, if it isn't, convert it so that it is. If this doesn't work, report the error on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].


=== Error: code 3 - no story given in template transclusion ===
=== Error: code 3 ===
'''no story given in template transclusion'''<br/>
This is a simple one and means that the template has been used without providing a source to actually be cited. To fix this, include a source like is shown in the first few paragraphs of this page.
This is a simple one and means that the template has been used without providing a source to actually be cited. To fix this, include a source like is shown in the first few paragraphs of this page.


=== Error: Code 4 - no data in variables or cache and SMW returned information for multiple variants, the one required here not being clear ===
=== Error: Code 4 ===
'''no data in variables or cache and SMW returned information for multiple variants, the one required here not being clear'''<br/>
This rather verbose error is an extreme edge case that should never occur. It means that you've attempted to cite a variant where more than one variant for that source exist and, for whatever reason, there is no additional information provided for said variant in the 2 preferred means of storing this information yet [[T:SMW|Semantic MediaWiki]], the last resort, does have this information, the problem being that it is not possible to properly distinguish the multiple variants coming from SMW. To fix this, first [[Special:Purge|purge the cache of the source's page and the page the citation is being used on]]. If that doesn't work, report the error on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].
This rather verbose error is an extreme edge case that should never occur. It means that you've attempted to cite a variant where more than one variant for that source exist and, for whatever reason, there is no additional information provided for said variant in the 2 preferred means of storing this information yet [[T:SMW|Semantic MediaWiki]], the last resort, does have this information, the problem being that it is not possible to properly distinguish the multiple variants coming from SMW. To fix this, first [[Special:Purge|purge the cache of the source's page and the page the citation is being used on]]. If that doesn't work, report the error on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]].


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