https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18733
--- Comment #6 from Dan Nessett <[email protected]> 2009-05-09 18:52:32 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5) > The error renders as expected on enwikibooks; and also on enwiki in the main > namespace (the cite error messages have been customised on enwiki to not > display the error outside the mainspace). You are simply using incorrect > markup. The workaround is for the problem of the error message appearing on > the *template* page because there are ref tags in the template but no > <references/> tag on the template page. A <references/> tag is still needed > on > the page where the template is transcluded, to render the references visibly. > I think you've misunderstood what the 'workaround' is supposed to accomplish. > OK, perhaps I am asking that enwiki and enwikibooks work the same, whether or not the workaround is aimed at the problem I face. I don't want to get into details, because I am sure you aren't interested. But, in summary, books generally put references at the end and books can be very long. So, assuming <references/> will be on the same page as all of the <ref> citations is a bad assumption for a book. The simple answer is to put all the <ref> markup on a separate page and transclude it (with display:none markup around it) at the beginning of each book section. Named <ref> tags can then be used to reference the appropriate citation. The page also can be transcluded in a References chapter at the end of the book and <references/> called. Yes, this is pretty inefficient, but I don't see any other way of handling book citations properly with Cite. If it would be possible to just turn off the error message by passing <ref> a parameter, there would be no problem. I understand that a new <ref> parameter is an enhancement to the cite extension, which is a "boiling the ocean" approach to the issue. However, if enwikibook worked like enwiki, there would be a workaround that worked without changing Cite. Is there a way to ask for a configuration change to enwikibook? It isn't a mediawiki software bug, but it is a enwikibooks configuration issue (if I can't call it a bug). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
