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When automated footnotes are used on Wikipedia pages, the default form of the footnote labels is ^[1], ^[2], ^[3], etc. When grouped footnotes are used, the labels are ^{[name 1]}, ^{[name 2]}, etc., where name is the name given to the group. However, by using certain reserved group names, it is possible to make the labels appear in a different form, such as ^[i], ^[ii], etc. or ^[a], ^[b], etc.

Currently existing reserved group names are:

Label styles
Group name	Style	Sample
decimal	Decimal numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
lower-alpha	Alpha, lower case	a b c d e f g h i j
upper-alpha	Alpha, upper case	A B C D E F G H I J
lower-greek	Greek, lower case	α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ
lower-roman	Roman, lower case	i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x
upper-roman	Roman, upper case	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

For example, a footnote which is to appear in the i, ii, iii... group can be written as:

<ref group=lower-roman>...</ref>

To generate the list of the footnotes in that group, use for example

{{reflist|group=lower-roman}}

Further examples, technical information and instructions for creating new reserved groups can be found below.