Last modified: 2014-03-03 21:03:18 UTC
Consider the following wiki text -------------------------------------------------------------- Sample Text 1<ref>Reference 1</ref> Sample Text 2<ref>Reference 2 == References == <references/> --------------------------------------------------------------- Even the references tag exists, the error message in en.wikipedia is "Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references /> tag; see the help page." Other wikis (for eg. ml.wikipedia) also share the similar error message. Please add, "Or missing </ref> tag" in the message.
Adding just "Or missing </ref> tag" might be confusing, how about adding "Also, a closing </ref> tag may be missing." ?
Thats fine
Change 78652 had a related patch set uploaded by Nemo bis: Mention potentially missing </ref> tag in Cite error message https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/78652
Change 78652 merged by jenkins-bot: Mention potentially missing </ref> tag in Cite error message https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/78652
Approved by Nikerabbit.
The English Wikipedia uses custom messages, so this patch won't change the message there. Looking at the patch, I don't see translations. The English Wikipedia uses {{broken ref}} to format the messages for the top languages. It would be better to fix bug 21798 and give the proper error when the last </ref> is missing.
(In reply to comment #6) > The English Wikipedia uses custom messages, so this patch won't change the > message there. Looking at the patch, I don't see translations. The English > Wikipedia uses {{broken ref}} to format the messages for the top languages. Translations will be updated on translatewiki.net; you can ask an update on en.wiki on the talk page of the message, with {{editprotected}}.
