Hi,
On 12/5/08, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote: [snip]
The problem with the prior methods of doing references was that they associated references with footnote numbers only by order of use in the text, which meant that any moving things around broke the system. A system which used named reference IDs in some form would be more robust.
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I'm assuming that you mean that the old form of references used a syntax similar to {{note|1}}--I think I joined Wikipedia when the old reference form was phasing out (October 2006), although I've never really been _heavily_ involved in writing articles. If that's the case, then my syntax would correct this problem that you, Matthew, mention: instead of being identified only by a number, references would be identified by a unique textual ID.
Cheers,
--Thomas Larsen