To explain what I mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:QUICKREF
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > A button or link that says "Add a reference?" that brings up a box > with several lines, labelled "URL" "Source" "Author" "Date". Click > "Ok" and the reference is inserted, no ref syntax or other ugly > interface necessary. > > Put it automatically at the end of a paragraph or somewhere else, > maybe even include a section selector as step 1 of the box. Allow it > to be manually inserted, so if a reference is needed but someone > doesn't have one, they can make it easy for someone else to add it. > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:07 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikipedia_is_a_mess_wikipedians_say_1_in_20_articl.php >> >> Now, we have a lot of work to do, it's obviously encyclopedic and it >> would be hard to get really wrong. >> >> What needs to be in place to make it possible to recruit newbies for >> the task of referencing things? (Alleviate the citation syntax >> problem. Make the results easily checkable by the experienced. Ban the >> use of Twinkle or similar semi-botlike mechanisms on the resulting >> edits, as nothing repels good-faith new users like instant reversion. >> What else?) >> >> >> - d. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
