Reconsider offering an "edit" button for automatic citations, in NWE
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	Izno
	Aug 30 2017, 5:09 PM

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There was a brief discussion on the feedback page about being able to manipulate a just-created automatic citation in NWE, which didn't get a response (much less a summary) from the developers. T107078: When inserting a new automatic citation, offer "Edit" as well as "Insert" button was closed when there wasn't a NWE, and we've got three power users who would really like this functionality. T107078#2894278 mentions reconsidering this for NWE. So here's a task.

WAID and JDF also mentioned (in the discussion and the task linked above, respectively) that there was some data that said it's a bad idea. I'd like a URL to that data if it does exist.

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Mentioned In: T329274: Screen and watch Community Wishlist proposals related to reusing references
T241293: VE - Cite should verify required parameters similar to template
T173437: Insert citations automatically after generating and show citation to edit it afterwards
T164954: Be able to re-use a citoid citation in VisualEditor's wikitext mode
Mentioned Here: T84936: Release VisualEditor-MediaWiki as "1.0"
T164954: Be able to re-use a citoid citation in VisualEditor's wikitext mode
T107078: When inserting a new automatic citation, offer "Edit" as well as "Insert" button

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Izno created this task.Aug 30 2017, 5:09 PM

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• Deskana closed this task as a duplicate of T164954: Be able to re-use a citoid citation in VisualEditor's wikitext mode.Oct 31 2017, 6:46 PM

Izno mentioned this in T164954: Be able to re-use a citoid citation in VisualEditor's wikitext mode.Oct 31 2017, 7:48 PM

Izno reopened this task as Open.Nov 29 2017, 6:58 PM

Izno mentioned this in T173437: Insert citations automatically after generating and show citation to edit it afterwards.

I'm going to reopen this task. The whole bunch of stuff in T164954: Be able to re-use a citoid citation in VisualEditor's wikitext mode about figuring wikitext out seems mostly irrelevant for the "first time" insertion of a reference. Maybe it's not and @Deskana has the right of it that the solution for one is the solution for the other, but it really doesn't look like that is the case from an outsider looking in.

Additionally, there's this comm tech request for this functionality.

Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Dec 1 2017, 11:58 AM

Exilexi subscribed.Dec 21 2017, 8:23 AM

Maybe this should be solved before T84936: Release VisualEditor-MediaWiki as "1.0"?

• Deskana triaged this task as Low priority.Aug 27 2018, 1:23 PM

• Deskana moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.

Izno mentioned this in T241293: VE - Cite should verify required parameters similar to template.Jan 4 2020, 4:16 PM

Izno added a project: Cite.Dec 18 2020, 7:43 PM

Izno moved this task from Unsorted backlog to External on the Cite board.

thiemowmde mentioned this in T329274: Screen and watch Community Wishlist proposals related to reusing references.Feb 20 2023, 9:00 AM