On 9/5/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Seems overly complicated. Why not just have a bot go through and change all the instances of [url] (in the article namespace) to <ref>url</ref>, and add a references section if necessary?
There really are two separate issues. That the numbering schemes clash is one valid issue. That the English Wikipedia has deprecated the use of these types of links is another.
+1