https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66860

            Bug ID: 66860
           Summary: Cite: If there's no <references /> block on the page,
                    show one automatically below the content rather than
                    showing an error
           Product: MediaWiki extensions
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Unprioritized
         Component: Cite
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
       Web browser: ---
   Mobile Platform: ---

From bug 54906 comment 16:

> Why not treat references like the TOC and always have MediaWiki output
> them at the bottom of the page (or section when in preview mode in
> wikitext) unless a <references/> tag is present?

This would treat newbies slightly better with a first-approximation of a
non-failure state, which means fewer nasty errors.

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