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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