https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18231
Rainald Koch <rainald.k...@t-online.de> changed:
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--- Comment #11 from Rainald Koch <rainald.k...@t-online.de> 2009-04-04
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Modified example 1 (current ref element):
*This is may be true and this too.<ref>Somewhere</ref>
If the reference is carelessly placed at the end of the sentence, it may be
meant for supposition #1 only.
@Roan:
> unless it shows in actual rendering, I don't see how it's useful.
It's useful for user who know how to edit and for subsequent authors in (at
least) two situations:
As a reviewer, if I know that supposition #2 is true but doubt #1, I may try to
find a corroborating sentence in the cited reference, which might be a rather
long text or even a book not at hand. If the info isn't there, it migth have
been an interesting digression or a waste of time. You may argue that as a
reviewer I should be an expert in the field and should easily provide better
references for both facts.
Well, I may be more of an average author of wikipedia knowing #1 and #2 as
facts and also closely related facts #3 and #4. It may be adequate to split the
sentence. Where to place the <ref> to the unknown-by-heart reference?
It may be enough to advertise the pinpoint placement of <ref>s and the use of
comments in the source. A backward-compatible extension of the syntax may be a
satisfactory advertisement. It would support the necessary edits for a future
mouse-over solution.
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