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How to resolve issue on My Name Is Earl?

In this edit, I copied some note definitions to My Name Is Earl from List of My Name Is Earl episodes. Now I see Cite error: A list-defined reference named "4.25" is not used in the content for three of the embedded references. The article I copied from does not have the same issue, so I'm perplexed! = paul2520 💬 15:03, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

@Paul2520: My Name Is Earl was not previously using WP:LDR; but per WP:CITEVAR, you should not have altered it to that style without first obtaining consensus at Talk:My Name Is Earl. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:27, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi Redrose64. I think there's been a misunderstanding. I reverted my edit in good faith.

Note that the page has an error about a missing {{notelist}} because the section My Name Is Earl § Episodes transcludes a table from List of My Name is Earl episodes. It looks like TheDoctorWho recently added footnotes with the WP:LDR format. TheDoctorWho, would you be able to help with the notes list on My Name Is Earl? = paul2520 💬 00:16, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

@Paul2520: I solved this another way by shifting the defined references to be inside the transclusion tags on the List of Episodes page. This way they still pull into My Name Is Earl without needing to add an additional 88 references into that article. As for what actually caused the issue in the first place however, I'm not quite sure. TheDoctorWho (talk) 05:48, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

@Redrose64: I'm having a different issue now on List of My Name Is Earl episodes I'm hoping you can help me with now. I'm trying to transclude an {{efn}} note across the four season articles. It's giving me an "The named reference "WGA 3" was defined multiple times with different content" error notice, but as far as I can tell the content is identical across all four pages? TheDoctorWho (talk) 18:02, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

I don't see that error at all. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:14, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Another editor separated them all out before you had gotten a chance to take a look at it. I believe I figured out what was causing the issue though, I was attempting to nest a reference inside the EFN tag, causing the issue when transcluded. I just moved the ref outside (not the best solution, but it theoretically works, I guess). TheDoctorWho (talk) 21:42, 21 May 2025 (UTC)