I've found that neatly spacing references does wonders for keeping wikitext readable. For example:
Acid2 was first proposed by [[Håkon Wium Lie]], chief technical officer of [[Opera Software]] and creator of the widely-used [[Cascading Style Sheets]] [[web standard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.root.cz/texty/hakon-wium-lie-css-was-created-to-save-html/ |title=Håkon Wium Lie: CSS was created to save HTML |last=Hassman |first=Martin |date=2008-05-12 |accessdate=2008-07-27 }}</ref> Together with a colleague, [[Ian Hickson]], he created the first draft of Acid2 in February 2005.<ref name="Hickson">{{cite web |url=http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1137799947&count=1 |title=People who don't realise that they're wrong |last=Hickson |first=Ian |work=Hixie's Natural Log |date=2006-01-20 |accessdate=2008-04-01 }}</ref> Acid2 was first publicly announced on March 16, 2005 in a [[CNET]] article where Lie challenged [[Microsoft]] to design [[Internet Explorer 7]], then in development, to pass the test.<ref name="Lie">{{cite web |url= http://news.cnet.com/The-Acid2-challenge-to-Microsoft/2010-1032_3-5618723.ht... |title=The Acid2 challenge to Microsoft |author=Lie, Håkon Wium |authorlink=Håkon Wium Lie |publisher=[[CNET Networks]] |date=2005-03-16 |accessdate=2008-01-12 }}</ref>
With this style, it's pretty easy to distinguish prose from reference.