Survey: 2013 and 2015
Update sites on-wiki:
- English: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Book_referencing
- German: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technische_W%C3%BCnsche/Topw%C3%BCnsche/Erweiterung_der_Einzelnachweise
Insights:
- There are very different styles of referencing. Some prefer
- long references: when you move parts of the text, the references are still defined. Also, when reading through the wikitext, you don't need to scroll anywhere to find out what is referenced
- short references: The wikitext syntax is much cleaner and shorter. Also you don't need to repeat what you have written --> less chances for errors
- Often times, templates are used for referencing
- The solution should not only cater to pages, but also to e.g. articles of a blog, parts of the bible etc. - i.e. it should allow any kind of specification
Plan:
- Implement an "extends" attribute for the ref tag both in parsoid and in the cite extension
- Make this usable not only with wikitext, but also through the Visual Editor
This is part of the Top 20 wishes of the German community and #24 on Community Tech's Wishlist Survey 2015.