Thread:Extension talk:Cite/Number of references/reply

This should be relatively easy (and chpeap) to do through javascript (granted, readers with JS disabled will miss this feature).

i do not know a way to get this data displayed on the page directly (i.e., becoming part of the page directly, through wiki-code). it may be possible via scribunto (aka lua), but this will requires you to write some code also, so the advantage over JS is not clear (except for readers with JS disabled). and i'm not even sure if it's possible (and of course, if possible, it requires installing the scribunto extension).

here is a snippet that, if added to mediawiki:common.js will display the number of references under the page title (100% untested - this is meant mainly to illustrate):

peace.