I'd much prefer it if we didn't do this, it seems kinda....I don't
know....assholeish.
You know, shoving things down peoples throats. It has an element of
WP:BITE in it, I
think. Also, I think it will > be fairly ineffective (people will simply
ignore it, or
be confused since the comment tag is fairly obscure for the average user),
and it will
mess with the "purity" of the edit box (not much of an argument, but still
;)
Why not simply include it in the text that's above the edit box more
prominently? Like,
bold it and make it 2 points bigger than the rest.
--Oskar
It already is included in the text above the edit box, but it's not enough. New users don't know how to add references, and therefore just ignore the whole thing.
--Mets501