https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29774
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Bug #: 29774
Summary: missing ref name before <references> triggers error
messages
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Cite
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
if <references /> contains named <ref> tags which have not been mentioned in
the text above it will issue red error messages.
EXAMPLE:
==Test==
<ref name=fBigWednesday />
<ref name=fAnnieHall />
<!-- ref name=fHannahAndHerSisters/ -->
<ref name=fManhattan/>
<references>
<ref name=fBigWednesday >{{cite video|people=Aaberg, D., Milius, J. (Writers)
Milius, J. (Director)|date=1978|title=Big
Wednesday|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077235/|medium=Motion
Picture}}</ref>
<ref name=fAnnieHall >{{cite video|people=Allen, W.
(Director)|date=1977|title=Annie
Hall|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/|medium=Motion Picture}}</ref>
<ref name=fHannahAndHerSisters >Allen, W. (Director). (1986). Hannah and Her
Sisters [Motion Picture]</ref>
<ref name=fManhattan>Allen, W. (Director). (1979). Manhattan [Motion
Picture].</ref>
</references>
Impact: In Wikibooks etc bibliographies are unmanageable in texts of
significant length. This has contributed to reduced prestige of wiki-projects
Note: there are other use cases which trigger this issue.
Recommendations:
1. add a option to silence the error mechanism e.g.
<references togglemsg="off" />
2. show the unreferenced entries in their place within the list but with no
link
(this is the academic practice)
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