https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57804
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Bug ID: 57804
Summary: Global, better URL to citation conversion
functionality
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Extensions requests
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Global, better URL to citation conversion functionality
Suppose, in Wikipedia, all that needed to be done to generate a perfect
citation was to provide a URL? That would be a tremendous step toward getting a
much higher percentage of text in Wikipedia articles to be supported by inline
citations.
There are already expanders (for the English Wikipedia, at least) that will
convert an ISBN, DOI, or PMID, supplied by an editor, into a full, correct
citation (footnote). These are in the process of being incorporated into the
reference dialog of the VisualEditor extension, making it almost trivial (two
clicks, paste, two clicks) to insert a reference.
For web pages, however, the existing functionality seems to be limited to a
Firefox add-on. Its limits, besides the obvious requirement to use that browser
(and to install the add-on), include an inability to extract the author and
date from even the most standard pages (e.g., New York Times), and the lack of
integration with MediaWiki.
For a similar approach, using a different plug-in/program, see this Wikipedia
page about Zotero.
A full URL-to-citation engine would use the existing Cite4Wiki (Firefox add-on)
code, perhaps, plus (unless these exist elsewhere) source-specific parameter
specifications. For example, the NYT uses "<meta name="author" content="NICK
BILTON" />" for its author information; that format would be known by the
engine (via a specifications database). Each Wikipedia community would be
responsible for coding these (except for a small starter set, as examples), in
the way that communities are responsible for TemplateData for the new
VisualEditor extension.
(Project idea suggested by John Broughton.)
URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Global.2C_better_URL_to_citation_conversion_functionality
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