Community Wishlist/Wishes/Improve reuse of citations between VE and source
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Improve reuse of citations between VE and source
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Description
Currently, citations in VE get assigned a number as a name. This poses problems when you use the source editor:
- If you copy-paste to a different article, the name is likely to duplicate, leading to errors
- If you read the article in source mode, you will not know which source is used
A better system would be to automatically use the lastname_year or publisher_year if available, with sensible fallback options if unavailable. This would reduce conflict between people who tend to use VE with those using the source editor.
Assigned focus area
Unassigned.
Type of wish
System change
Related projects
Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
Affected users
editors