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Is it possible to add a page to Category:Pages with duplicate reference names?

This article Ari Ben-Menashe#References has lots of duplicated citations/references. I do not yet know how to use references that refer to citations (I think that's how it's called) and don't think the references have any errors that would add it to this category. So I don't know how to fix the references or get someone to help, unless I can add it to this category. But I'm open to other options. Crs5827 (talk) 03:02, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an example fix using named refs: Special:Diff/1313421479/1313443542. For more details, see Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: using a source more than once.

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Thank you! It looks like all the footnotes get transferred, too which is great. Thanks again! Crs5827 (talk) 21:01, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cite error

There is a citation problem on the Tuvalu English wik8 website. Mr.Bivann (talk) 19:33, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr.Bivann: We cannot help you. First, you don't supply any links. Second, this is not the help desk, it is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Help:Cite errors. Third, this is the English Wikipedia; matters concerning other wikis are outside our remit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:09, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Needs fixing on pages from split.

See List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1901-1910), List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1910-1919), etc. Sushidude21! (talk) 04:59, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]