Last modified: 2013-07-30 22:09:37 UTC
VE should support references with content defined inside <references/> block. This style is widely used on the Polish Wikipedia to keep the wikitext mostly readable. -- 8< --------- Some text.<ref name=abc /> <references><ref name=abc>Content</ref></references> -- 8< --------- Live example: https://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedysta:Matma_Rex/brudnopis&direction=next&oldid=37095835 And it would be really cool if it could also supports this (but I'm not holding my breath): -- 8< --------- Some text.{{r|abc}} {{reflist|refs=<ref name=abc>Content</ref>}} -- 8< --------- About this feature on en.wp help pages: [[Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: list-defined references]]
This would require some help from the Parsoid side: * VE requires knowing the generated HTML for ref bodies, and Parsoid currently only provides these for inline refs with bodies (<ref name=asd>body</ref>), as (data-mw).html.body. * The simplest way to do this seems to be providing generated HTML for refs inside <references/> as an array of ref bodies inside <references/>'s data-mw.
When I try your sandbox, I can edit the references list using wikitext in the template dialog. On German Wikipedia, this article is similar but has templates inside <references/> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_War?veaction=edit It isnt editable with this notice repeating many times: "This reference is defined in a template or other generated block, and for now can only be edited in source mode"
Change 75912 had a related patch set uploaded by Esanders: [WIP] Ref in references support https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/75912
On Parsoid topfail there are several dewp entries for <!-- comments --> within <references/> being moved around. I couldnt reproduce those bugs, probably because of selective serialization. If this is now editable, these dirty diffs may start happening in production. It would be good to test, but I suspect impact is quite low because I checked 20 featured articles and 10 good articles on dewp, and none had these comments within <references/>. http://parsoid.wmflabs.org:8001/latestresult/de/Flugplatz_St._Michaelisdonn http://parsoid.wmflabs.org:8001/latestresult/de/ARO_Heimtextilien And here is one for whitespace within <references/> http://parsoid.wmflabs.org:8001/latestresult/de/Trigonias
Change 75912 merged by jenkins-bot: Ref in references support https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/75912
This is now merged and will get deployed today; however, to actually do what people want depends on a change in Parsoid that will get deployed tomorrow.
