Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/Convert specialized Cite to basic Cite ... and the other way around/reply

Hi User:Ceyockey,

You seem to be saying that if I add an automagically filled citation like this, that I cannot add the {open access} template like that. Except, of course, that I obviously can. ;-)

I freely grant that the workflow isn't exactly obvious (and consequently may change when Design Research finishes some more urgent work) and also that it's not currently documented. I've been sick for the last week, and one major effect is that I've been unable to get the user guide updated (in fact, the only reason I'm on mw.org at all tonight is to fix a formatting problem in it for someone else). So here are the steps:

Select the ref, but don't click the "Edit" button in the context menu. Instead, click the "Cite" button in the menu, choose the "Manual" tab, and then the "Basic" item in it. The selected ref will pop open in the Basic ref editor for you.

(And then, if you want, please take high-resolution screenshots of each step, showing off your favorite high-quality ref and additional template to add, upload them to Commons under both cat:Citoid and cat:VisualEditor, and drop the list of links at Help:VisualEditor/User guide/Citations-Full. Getting good screenshots made and uploaded is the first step in getting this documented.)

Thanks for reminding me about this.