On 22 September 2017 at 01:45, LeadSongDog leadsong@webname.com wrote:
Not "enforcing", but it's certainly possible to show an error message for missing parameters. Many other cite templates do so.
The subject under discussion was "a legible refname"; that's not a parameter of the template and no cite templates currently warn if a refname is missing, let alone not "legible".