Context

Currently there are two ways to "nest" references in an article.

#1.: {{#tag:ref|outside ref #1 <ref>inside ref #1</ref>}}

#2.: <ref>outside ref #2 {{#tag:ref|inside ref #2}}</ref>

While the former is well supported in both parsers. The latter is not so much. In any of them.

Legacy:

Parsoid:

Task

• Can and do we want to support both ways equally? Are there reasons not to?
• Would it be sufficient to add better support for latter case only to Parsoid?

Notes

T124213: Nested references rendered in wrong order in reflist while ungrouped could be related