On 17/09/2007, Michael Daly michaeldaly@kayakwiki.org wrote:
The only thing I would like is to have in addition is a central pool of references. I have put together several pages recently, all on related topics and all using some common refs. However, I have to put them into each article separately. Since I copied and pasted from one page to the next, when I found an error in the original ref, I had to find all the others to correct. If refs had a status comparable to images, they could be inserted in any article with minimal effort. One could have a "where used" function - "show all articles that reference this author" etc. I realize this is not a trivial effort, but I like to dream.
If someone can write code for this, English Wikipedia would dive upon it with great glee.
I mean, I love the <ref> and {{cite}} tags. They're just the right thing for showing your working when you're trying to write a halfway robust referenced article.
- d.