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<ref> without <references/> error isn't especially helpful
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Author: jruderman

Description:
On en.wikipedia.org, the error message I get when I leave out <references/> isn't very helpful. It mentions the page "Help:Cite error", but that isn't a link, and "Help:Cite error" isn't specifically about this problem or especially helpful.

I think it would be best if the error message offered directly to stick in the following code:

References

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Version: unspecified
Severity: minor

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Reference
bz18800

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:37 PM
bzimport added a project: Cite.
bzimport set Reference to bz18800.
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Closed as INVALID. I recommend that you make a request over at [[MediaWiki talk:Cite error refs without references]] on enwiki for this.

jruderman wrote:

That redirects to a generic talk page that isn't about this topic at all. But I guess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cite_errors#Links addresses my first complaint, making it sort of a dup of bug 17865.