[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Mediawiki-l] that awful <ref> syntax

[Ray Saintonge]

phoebe ayers wrote:
> While we're at it, I've been asked many times if there's a way to do
> an "ibid" style citation to an existing reference but citing different
> page numbers or volumes, either retyping the whole ref or having to
> add references like "Green, p. 23." It would be great to have
> something where you could add a page # parameter to the ref tag in
> order to cite exact references throughout the text -- e.g. <ref
> name="Green" page="23"> -- and in references, the full Green reference
> would show up with "p. 23" attached to the end. Does this already
> exist and I just don't know about it?
As much as I like the "ibid" style, I don't think it would work in an 
electronic environment where at any time an entirely new  and perhaps 
unrelated reference could be added between the original reference and 
the "ibid".  "Op. cit." and loc. cit." might have a better chance.

Ec