On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:13 PM, William Gathoye <william@gathoye.be> wrote:
TL;DR: The keyword citation method from the Cite extension is better.
Are there arguments for not implementing the Cite extension? IMHO, it's a simple, valuable parser in MediaWiki installs that allows easy inline referencing to upstream technical documentation without distracting from the work itself. It would encourage wiki contributors to reference the deep-dive technical information when presenting the overall concept in a consumable fashion (like systemd units). Example of a minor contribution I made to NFS outlining debugging that references 6 sources which could have used Cite more effectively: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NFS/Troubleshooting#Debugging The Cite extension would allow the inline referencing of the upstream technical material without having to manually maintain the References section and put the links inline where they belong with the presentation. It also encourages "don't just trust me, here's the link to the code" (or whatever) for certain subject matter. -te