On 02/09/06, Akash Mehta draicone@gmail.com wrote:
However, neither really actively encourages the improvement of referencing in en:wp articles, using the <reference> system, cite templates, both, or any other relevant system.
The <reference> system is simple enough *conceptually* as well as syntactically to be highly usable. It lets you write your citation down in the exact place a claim is made, then formats everything nicely.
The cite templates are byzantine. I'm not going to figure them all out any more than I'm going to learn every variety of stub template - I know a few, but often I'll just put {{stub}} and let someone who wants to pick the precisely correct one. I hope this comes across more as "division of labour" than "too lazy to do it properly" ;-)
- d.