Template:FootnotesSmall

This template inserts the following (calculated on an over-all css size reduction to 100%):

The template should no longer be used with a "subst:"

The parameter (name: resize - default: 92%) reduces the size of the font of the footnotes text, e.g. would reduce the size of the footnotes text to 90% of its usual size. &rarr; Currently, gives the text the same size as elsewhere on the page, and all other values of the parameter (or no value) change the size to 92% of the lettering size on the rest of the  page.

For readability it is however only exceptionally advised to reduce lettering size of footnotes, and not below 90%.

So, do not use FootnotesSmall, unless you're able to gain consensus that "special case" can be invoked for the article where you apply the template.