Thread:Extension talk:Cite/Allow defining references not used in page text?/reply (2)

it seems that your actual question is not really what you mean.

you asked "Is there a need in Ext:Cite to allow for adding references that would appear in the references list using or, but without corresponding footnote marks inside the text?"

but it seems that what you really mean is not "is there a need" but rather "is it possible".

if the question is indeed "is there a need", then the answer (at least my answer) is "probably not".

if you ask "is it possible", i think the answer is still "probably not", but it should not be all that difficult to hack the extension to add "no cite mark" option, e.g. by adding a new attribute to the "ref" tag which will cause it to not display the link inside the text. (so some of the references will look like so: or somesuch) however, this requirement seems somewhat redundant: if you want to maintain a bibliographic list at the bottom of the page, why even use the "Cite" extension? you can just add such a list using standard wiki code, no?

peace.