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Question about ref names

What does it mean when the name of the ref is :0? I encountered this on the Steven He article and was curious. I cannot find any mention of :0 on the citing sources page. Rusty4321 talk contributions 23:41, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

It means the reference was added with the visual editor, rather than the source editor. You can change these to something more mnemonic if you like, though be careful to do so for all instances of any given reference you change. I believe there's a tool available to convert them to mnemonic names, though I can't remember where to find it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 23:48, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Named references. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:49, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
@Mike Christie @Nikkimaria Thank you for responding!
a Rusty4321 talk contributions 23:53, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
User:Rusty4321, changing this default behaviour has been requested by the community and placed sixth in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. Folly Mox (talk) 02:22, 27 September 2023 (UTC)