On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/20/09 11:42 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: >> This is confusing. So there are two parts to Cite to make it work >> completely. > > There are actually two *entirely separate extensions* in the Cite directory: > > > Cite/Cite.php : the <ref>, <references> tags. > > This adds a system for adding footnotes to wiki articles, primarily > meant for citing external references. > > > Cite/SpecialCite.php : Special:Cite > > This adds a helper utility page which formats citations *to* a given > wiki article, which you can then paste into the offline paper you're > writing so you can site the wiki article as a reference. > > > I agree that this is confusing; probably Cite/Cite.php should be moved > out to References/References.php or something sensible. > > -- brion Wouldn't it be more sensible to move the page cite tool (Special:Cite) to another name?
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