Encyc talk:References

As much as I dislike fancy code, I think it's wicked cool how reflist automatically numbers the references and makes it easy to jump back and forth from the text to the bottom of the page. I think it makes editing more difficult, but reading much easier. Avoiding its use would encourage writers, but punish readers. Emperor 05:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

yep; that seems nice to me too..... seems like there are trade offs. maybe a wisywig is the way to go then, eventually, and theoretically. Wikademia

Yes, probably down the line someday. Wikipedia is making noises of introducing one soon. Probably it will be some hyper-experimental MediaWiki version that no one else has any chance of getting to work.

The current reflist need not be totally obtrusive. It's "cite news" and "cite web" templates that make things awful. So many extra words. Reflist works best with each reference being a one-liner, or a concise summary like traditional endnotes in printed works. Emperor 16:52, 1 December 2009 (UTC)