On Dec 12, 2007 11:30 AM, Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)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