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[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 16:51, 30 April 2013 (IST) | [[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 16:51, 30 April 2013 (IST) | ||
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| + | : The whole thing is lifted from a pdf and I had a long think about how to do it. Manual editing with 186 footnotes was a non-starter (for a first pass anyway). The way I did it was to convert to plain text then use Notepad++ regular expression search and replace to insert the necessary wikitext around the numbers with brackets removed. For a scientist he is cavalier in his footnote methodology. Not only are repeated references made to the same note (OK but awkward) but low number can make their first appearance late in the text - also he is inclined to specify footnotes in ranges which cannot be linked as specified. I agree the <nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki> construct would be better but it's a seriously big job and I can't fahom a way to do it automatically. It may be best just to disable two-way linking because, as things stand, return links simply go to the last instance of the relevant note number in the text. FI, I have in fact sent him an email to advise of its posting and to invite edits/additions etc. --[[User:Peter|Peter P]] ([[User talk:Peter|talk]]) 18:08, 30 April 2013 (IST) | ||
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References?
The references on this page are seriously messed up. Maybe the normal style of <ref>citation here</ref> is easier to get right?
Robin (talk) 16:51, 30 April 2013 (IST)
- The whole thing is lifted from a pdf and I had a long think about how to do it. Manual editing with 186 footnotes was a non-starter (for a first pass anyway). The way I did it was to convert to plain text then use Notepad++ regular expression search and replace to insert the necessary wikitext around the numbers with brackets removed. For a scientist he is cavalier in his footnote methodology. Not only are repeated references made to the same note (OK but awkward) but low number can make their first appearance late in the text - also he is inclined to specify footnotes in ranges which cannot be linked as specified. I agree the <ref></ref> construct would be better but it's a seriously big job and I can't fahom a way to do it automatically. It may be best just to disable two-way linking because, as things stand, return links simply go to the last instance of the relevant note number in the text. FI, I have in fact sent him an email to advise of its posting and to invite edits/additions etc. --Peter P (talk) 18:08, 30 April 2013 (IST)
