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How to fix <ref> tag with name "***" defined in <references> is not used in prior text
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Below error message is shown in Tamil wikipedia but not in english Wikipedia for same content

Error:
<ref> tag with name "springer" defined in <references> is not used in prior text
Sample Page:
https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/65j3

I have noticed that error is because of <ref name="springer" /> is used before defined. But english page(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3199_Nefertiti) doesn't have error. I would like to know the how we can fix this?

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Hi, https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/வார்ப்புரு:Infobox_planet does not include named_after.
https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/3199_நெஃபெர்ட்டிடி includes the line named_after = [[Nefertiti]] {{small|(Egyptian queen)}}<ref name="springer" /> and ref name="springer" /> is not used anywhere else on this page, so it is ignored. Thus the error message is correct.

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