[WikiEN-l] Why are URLs numbered?

[Steve Bennett]

On 9/6/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> Seems overly complicated.  Why not just have a bot go through and
> change all the instances of [url] (in the article namespace) to
> <ref>url</ref>, and add a references section if necessary?

Yeah, after thinking about it a bit more, a bot would be much more sensible.

However, a way to have a web cite directly clickable would be great.

> There really are two separate issues.  That the numbering schemes
> clash is one valid issue.  That the English Wikipedia has deprecated
> the use of these types of links is another.

They seem pretty related to me. The numbers clash with the system
which superseded it.

Steve