Editing Extensions for wiki editing, like Visual Editor and a Cite button

[jabbeaux]

Do we have wikimedia's Visual Editor or similar editing extensions installed? I'd like to do some minor format editing of a large table and don't want to break the table's code.
Similarly, adding References is a real struggle. Maybe we could add wikimedia's "Cite" button to the editing toolbar? The current bookmark button on toolbar just inserts <ref></ref> and I'm struggling to figure it out.

 

[AK9R]

At this time, we do not. Maybe in the future.

 

[jabbeaux]

Thanks. Using the tools we have now, is something broken with References? I copy/paste the code example

Page text.<ref>[http://www.example.org Link text], additional text.</ref>

The result renders

Page text.<ref>Link text, additional text.</ref>

But the example claims what should render is

Page text.[1]

It's as if mediawiki isn't rendering the <ref></ref> tags.

Edit: Based on this answer it sounds like a missing Cite extension could cause this.

 

[AK9R]

I don't think Reference has ever worked in my time with the RadioReference Wiki. It's possible that the proper extensions were never implemented. I'll discuss with Lindsay.

 

[blantonl]

Cite extension should now be fixed and implemented properly. Thanks,

 

[jabbeaux]

Cite/References still throwing some errors when parsing pages. To check my sanity, I used this tool to generate the Wikimedia styled references markdown.

For example, in updating this page

Fairfield County (CT) Fire Tone Outs - The RadioReference Wiki

wiki.radioreference.com

I added this citation

<ref name="The Hour">{{cite news |last=Brone |first=Abigail |url=https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Norwalk-police-to-receive-new-5-6M-17038505.php |title=Norwalk police to receive new $5.6M communications system |work=The Hour |location=Norwalk, CT |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |date=2022-03-30 |accessdate=2022-06-19 |quote=In updating the communication system with Motorola, the city will join the Connecticut Land Mobile Radio Network, which the state police use, Zecca said. }}</ref>

which generated at the end

Template:Cite news

but I believe the intended behavior is a fully sourced reference with article link, date published, author, publisher.

In attempting to add a References section, using this

==References==
{{reflist}}

renders this

References
Template:Reflist

So to fix, I have to use this code block

==References==
<div class='references-small'>
<references/>
</div>

albeit that only half-works, as it renders

References
Template:Cite news
https://www.norwalkct.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/18319

Separate but possibly related, I notice the Cite extension is installed. Could we add that to the editor visual toolbar? More info. Something like the Visual Editor toolbar?