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Line 37: * [[Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (footnotes)/Mixed citations and footnotes\|Mixed citations and footnotes]]}} }} ~~== Names must not be totally numeric - Visual editor ==~~ Today I learned that "names must not be totally numeric" – isn't this out of date now that we have visual editor which automatically assigns numeric names? Perhaps that point could be reworded to make an exception fo #visualeditors? [[User:Cielquiparle\|Cielquiparle]] ([[User talk:Cielquiparle\|talk]]) 04:31, 25 February 2024 (UTC) ~~:It would be better to change Visual Editor to not do that. [[User:Nikkimaria\|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria\|talk]]) 05:56, 25 February 2024 (UTC)~~ ::The Visual Editor's reference names are not totally numeric, as they begin with a colon. -- [[User:John of Reading\|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading\|talk]]) 07:53, 25 February 2024 (UTC) :::Thanks for the clarification, @[[User:John of Reading\|John of Reading]] and @[[User:Nikkimaria\|Nikkimaria]]. Agree with both. [[User:Cielquiparle\|Cielquiparle]] ([[User talk:Cielquiparle\|talk]]) 15:55, 25 February 2024 (UTC) == Interfering note lists == Line 90 ⟶ 82: :This has been requested before, but not on this page. It's not been done because the amount of work that would be needed simply isn't worth it: cases like this are rare, and are also dependent on factors such as browser, device width, font size etc. --[[User:Redrose64\|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] 🌹 ([[User talk:Redrose64\|talk]]) 21:33, 15 July 2024 (UTC) ::Thanks for the explanation. It doesn't bother me as long as it doesn't affect the unwashed masses. (And thanks for pointing out in your edit summary that <ref> tags don't belong in headers.) <small> — [[User talk:AjaxSmack\|<span style="border:1px solid #004705;background:#168c1d;padding:2px;color:#e9ede9;text-shadow:black 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; font-family: Georgia;"> '''AjaxSmack''' </span>]] 22:00, 15 July 2024 (UTC)</small> ==Discussion at [[:Wikipedia talk:Citing sources#New proposal: deprecate {{reflist\|refs= in favor of <references>?\|Wikipedia talk:Citing sources § New proposal: deprecate {{reflist\|refs= in favor of <references>?]]== [[File:Symbol watching blue lashes high contrast.svg\|25px\|link=\|alt=]] You are invited to join the discussion at [[:Wikipedia talk:Citing sources#New proposal: deprecate {{reflist\|refs= in favor of <references>?\|Wikipedia talk:Citing sources § New proposal: deprecate {{reflist\|refs= in favor of <references>?]]. <span title="Signature of Dan Leonard">[[User:Dan Leonard\|Dan Leonard]] ([[User talk:Dan Leonard\|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Dan Leonard\|contribs]])</span> 03:02, 30 April 2025 (UTC)<!-- [[Template:Please see]] -->