Show a message explaining how to edit references when user selects a references list
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	Thryduulf
	Aug 11 2013, 9:44 PM

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Reports such as https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback&oldid=568123469#I_can.27t_edit_the_references suggest that the references list being present but not editable is causing confusion for editors.

It would therefore be helpful for VE to display a message (popup? tooltip?) whne the reference list is selected that explains how to edit references. The text of this message should be set on a MediaWiki namespace page.

I don't have a suggested default wording at present.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52750

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Reference: bz52736

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Mentioned In: T54750: VisualEditor: Make each reference editable where it appears in the reference list as well as on the edit surface
Mentioned Here: T54750: VisualEditor: Make each reference editable where it appears in the reference list as well as on the edit surface

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 2:07 AM

• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor-EditingTools.

• bzimport set Reference to bz52736.

Thryduulf created this task.Aug 11 2013, 9:44 PM

If implemented, bug 52750 would make this request either unnecessary or applicable only as an interim measure. In the latter case there wouldn't be any need for the message requested here to be editable on-wiki.

This would be most helpful if the backlinks took you to the position of reference while remaining in edit mode.

Suggestion for the message from en.wp user Looie496:
"This list of references is automatically generated and cannot be edited directly. If you would like to change the content of a reference, click on its number where it appears in the body of the article."

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor.Nov 24 2014, 3:56 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Nov 24 2014, 4:29 PM

nshahquinn-wmf added a parent task: T101481: Improve and streamline VisualEditor's user education features.Jun 5 2015, 1:30 AM

Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from VisualEditor: Show a message explaining how to edit references when reflist is selected to Show a message explaining how to edit references when user selects a references list.Jul 9 2015, 4:58 PM

Jdforrester-WMF edited projects, added VisualEditor-MediaWiki-References, Design; removed VisualEditor-EditingTools.

Jdforrester-WMF set Security to None.

nshahquinn-wmf mentioned this in T54750: VisualEditor: Make each reference editable where it appears in the reference list as well as on the edit surface.Jul 22 2015, 11:23 PM

Jdforrester-WMF removed a parent task: T101481: Improve and streamline VisualEditor's user education features.Oct 6 2015, 12:27 AM

New feedback from a user (a beginner) who wants to change a reference rom the reflist while editing with VE.

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Freezer to TR1: Releases on the VisualEditor board.Feb 6 2017, 5:34 PM

• Deskana set the point value for this task to 8.Oct 12 2017, 1:50 PM

I'm suggesting that task for the Hackathon 2019 since it is something that would ease newcomers' lives.

Trizek-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Projects on the Wikimedia-Hackathon-2019 board.Feb 25 2019, 8:43 AM

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 12:23 PM

Aklapper removed a subscriber: • rmoen.

No longer needed after T54750: VisualEditor: Make each reference editable where it appears in the reference list as well as on the edit surface made the referenced editable inside the references list.

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