[WikiEN-l] <ref> and {{reference}}

[Fastfission]

I think you can do this in the manner described by Phil above, with
<ref>(reference)</ref> inside the article text and then <references/>
in the ==References== section. The probable way to do named references
is to just make sure you type out the full reference once and then
just refer back to it by the author and date. The only upkeep in this,
presumably, would be to make sure that the first reference with that
information in it was not deleted (leaving an unnamed citation
fragment), but that shouldn't be too hard to keep track of.

I've never used the <ref> templates and do agree that some better
documentation could be in order (or at least made easier to find, if
it exists already). I really dislike the {{ref}} and {{note}}
templates, because it's so hard to keep them in sync with the footnote
numbers and very annoying to have to toggle between two separate
sections of an article in order to cite things. Hopefully
<ref></ref><references/> will fix all that! I am optimistic to try it
out.

FF



On 3/1/06, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I want to be able to do is
>
> a) have the reference list automatically generated at the bottom
> b) use templates in the body of the text to make references/footnotes
> c) be able to use named references so I don't have to type the same
> reference info every time i use it.
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