On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregory Maxwell wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Remember the dot > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've found that neatly spacing references does wonders for keeping > wikitext > >> readable. For example: > > > > Yes, but then the text is no less impossible to simply read through if > > you don't care about the refs and you're just editing the text, > > especially if you[] have cases[] where the refs are sprinkled > > liberally[][]. > > > > As a reader like the end result of the refs being placed as close to > > the fact that support as possible, but it makes the paragraph hell to > > edit. > > > > I think, rather than using JS to hide refs in page text, defining them > all in the references section, or at least at the end of the section > they're used in for larger articles, using some sort of new option in > the ref tags to make them not display - <ref name="Foo" > nodisplay="1">...</ref> - or something, then referring to them inline > with only the short form - <ref name="Foo"/> - would be better. A lot of > refs on one sentence would still be a little messy, but much better. Of > course, the problem would be migrating all the existing refs to such a > system, the benefit to just hiding them is that it'll work with > everything as it is now. > <snip>
You should check out http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Cite/Cite.php#Variation_for_refs_in_the_final_references_blockas this has already been done, but not yet implemented in the Cite-code. We'd like to see this (or something similar) implemented as soon as possible.. :) /Stig _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
