[WikiEN-l] Ref tag usage

[Mak]

My answer has always been to put <ref>foo, pg. 72</ref> in the text of
the article, and the full citation in a separate section at the end. I
think it makes the wikitext much, much easier to read and edit, and is
more intuitive to newbies.
Makemi

On 3/20/07, Earle Martin <wikipedia at downlode.org> wrote:
> On 20/03/07, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/19/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > text.
> > > <ref>foo</ref>
> > >
> > > gives "text. [1]".  In other words, a space in between the period and
> > > the reference number.
> >
> > I see. Is that a major concern for you?
>
> Am I alone in finding that more readable? Also, what's up with the
> bracketing? I'd expect a reference, if we're trying to make them look
> better, to look like the result of <sup><small>1</small></sup>. Piles
> of punctuation are better left to source code, not articles.
>
>
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