Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine/Archive 3

References to PubMed

Yes, I am proposing that there is a solution that simultaneously
solves the display of citations and the numbering system.  It would
not create "<ref name=15199035>", but rather something like "(pmidv
15199035)" to avoid colliding with other systems.  I admit that WP
has bigger problems to address than references; but eventually the
clunkiness of creating references will limit our pool of authors, or
limit the pool of authors who take the time to cite their references
and willing to edit paragraphs where there is more markup text than
displayed text.  This problem will grow as paragraphs become better
referenced.  This process can be automated and should not have to rely
on asking other authors to create our tags.

[edited above paragraph to change <ref...> to &lt;ref...&gt; to avoid
Cite error.  -Dan Hoey 16:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)