On Dec 12, 2007 11:30 AM, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
Um, where else would you put ref syntax and material if not in the edit box? The other, secret edit box? If the editing system is not WSIWG, then people should be prepared for plenty of syntax that doesn't show up when you hit save. Besides, <ref> syntax doesn't consume that much space if you use it correctly and implement <ref name> usage. The full text of a reference should only show up once.
I believe the idea is to create another edit box or an overlay with the complex wikimarkup in it. I have high doubts about the technical feasibility of the latter proposal, though multiple edit boxes might be conceivably workable.
<ref>s do consume a lot of space if you're writing a ref-heavy article. In political articles, where there's always controversy and sources are often things like news websites, every other sentence may have a unique ref.
Johnleemk