This epic is done when backlink markers are no longer a risk to subreferencing.
When a ref is reused, the default rendering is to show backlinks with a rendering like "1.0 1.1 1.2" in the reference list. Each backlink points back to a footnote usage in the article, but the marker is notably not present in the article.
We've seen many sites override the default backlink markers, usually choosing "a b c" letters, but there are still 900 sites which might be using the default "1.0" markers. Our working theory is that we should make "a b c" this the new default, to make conceptual space for subreferencing numbers.{F58133411}
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We've seen many sites override the default backlink markers, usually choosing "a b c" letters, but there are still 900 sites which might be using the default "1.0" markers. Our working theory is that we should make "a b c" this the new default, to make conceptual space for subreferencing numbers. --> {T383039}
However, most languages have their own alphabets so would need to customize the backlink markers. The current customization mechanism is arcane ([[ https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Cite_link_label_group-lower-alpha | example ]]) and should be gotten rid of, so we've been prototyping a community configuration page which loads alphabets from CLDR to allow admins to comfortably customize their site's markers. --> {T381465}