Grants:IdeaLab/TabToReference

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TabToReference

Use the mouse to drag a tab into the WP edit window to make a reference

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created on21:41, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Project idea

Illustration of how to make a reference by dragging a tab with the mouse

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

Many readers (and some editors) want to add references to articles, but stall during the cumbersome and technical process of typing, copying and pasting. reFill and CiteGen does some of this work, but it could be even more automated.

What is your solution?

Create an option to use the mouse pointer to drag a neighbouring tab to a desired point in an article, making a reference. Ref-making in one click! Probably using [CiteGen] or reFill as back engine to fetch the data from the webpage in the other tab, best done by using FireFox. A similar idea is Grants:IdeaLab/Drag-n-drop references between articles

Project goals

Involve more people in improving articles

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Endorsements

• Anything to help new editors make a positive contribution to Wikipedia is a good thing from my view. OSX (talk) 02:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)