https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19115
--- Comment #4 from Mahitgar <[email protected]> 2009-07-20 05:53:30 UTC --- *within text reference, Journey of a new user. I did not realise importance of this problem we face, until I took up to writing Frequently Asked Questions page on Marathi Language Wikipedia since I observed that How to give reference is a frequently asked question on our local help forum. Yesterday I received a help request again from a new user seemingly read my FAQ help page already. Still how he goes (After studying history of a page called [[वाक्य]] meaning 'sentence'.He wants to add a refence now on- His first effort edit (now on I will write as first edit.. so on) #First edit.. He goes to page section of Refences and adds Marathi Language figure १) for 1 and wrties name and author of a book as reference. *Now seems to have remembered refences in other articles are in different style #Second Edit still in section of Refences adds upward arrow and Devnagari scrpt 1 manualy as ↑१. #Third Edit Goes to paragraph sentence where he wants to add reference uses <sup>[[१]]</sup> *May be tried clicking <sup>[[१]]</sup> and as expected did not succeed. #Now Fourth & Fifth and sixsth Edits just wasted in trial and error on near by word and section name. * Seems have realised can not solve problem by trial and error and reffers to the FAQ page help # Seventh edit comes to correct tagging near the sentence and edits as <ref>सुगम मराठी व्याकरण लेखन: लेखक कै.मो.रा.वाळंबे </ref> *Then finds partialy localised error message at bottom of page त्रूटी उधृत करा: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found **Un fortunately this error message does not mention where to put missing <references/> # Further makes 6 more trial and error edits seems not successfull leaves a help message at my talk page. If not system of tags Atleast this user knew meaning of ref and reference when internet availability is reaching very fast to rural population in India other users wont know that too.And wikipedia is community which places lot of stress on references. So on premises of magic word or may be something on lines of(simmiler to) template fuction {{ref}} which may eliminate need of repeating tag <references/> itself. and all the refences become visible automatically like templates names become visible. Meanwhile we will keep providing and improving local support but a proper technological solution is always a welcome. Thanks and Regards [email protected] -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
