Why not just make <ref> a tag ...
{{subst:#tag:ref|{{safesubst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}} OR
{{#tag:ref|{{safesubst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}
Regards, Billinghurst
1. How to expand only {{subst:}} and {{safesubst:}}
> (Nicolas Vervelle)
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> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:09:51 +0200
> Subject: [Mediawiki-api] How to expand only {{subst:}} and {{safesubst:}}
> Hi,
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> Is it possible through the API to give it some wikitext and get in return
> the same wikitext where {{subst:}} and {{safesubst:}} have been replaced,
> as they would be when saving an edit ?
>
> In WPCleaner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner>, I want
> to be able to insert things like current date, so I'm currently inserting
> things like {{safesubst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} but as they don't work inside
> <ref> tags, I'd prefer to expand then myself rather than relying on the
> action=edit to do it.
>
> Nico
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