Last modified: 2007-04-25 04:36:17 UTC
The below should show the citation number at the end of the line that starts with a semi-colon. However, the citation number appears as the first element of the next line. ; Base Services:<ref name="msdn-base">[[Microsoft Developer Network]] (July 2005). ''[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winprog/winprog/base_services.asp Base Services.]'' Retrieved August 28, 2005.</ref> Provide access to the fundamental resources available to a Windows system. Included are things like [[file systems]], [[:Category:Computer device|devices]], [[Process (computing)|processes]] and [[Thread (computer science)|threads]], access to the [[Windows registry]], and [[error handling]]. These functions reside in <tt>kernel.exe</tt>, <tt>krnl286.exe</tt> or <tt>krnl386.exe</tt> files on 16-bit Windows, and <tt>kernel32.dll</tt> and <tt>advapi32.dll</tt> on 32-bit Windows. See permanent link to article revision for example.
A colon ends the boldfaced <dt> element and begins an indented <dd> element. If the reference is after the colon, it will be part of the latter, not the former. Move the ref to before the colon.
That's not a colon... it's a semi-colon. No trying to be pendantic here, but they do different things.
A semicolon ';' begins a <dt> element. A colon ':' begins a <dd> element. The wikitext ; Foo : bar produces the HTML <dl><dt>Foo</dt><dd>bar</dd></dl> as intended. They do different things, but they both do things, and each is doing the correct thing in the wikitext that you presented. Move the ref before the colon and it will be in the <dt> element as, presumably, is desired.
I see. I still don't see why this isn't seen as a bug though. I would have thought that any text before a newline wouldn't be incorporated into the same line, even if it is a cite tag.
Hold on... I follow now. Ignore previous comment.
