Extension talk:Cite/Wikitext archive (Special:Cite)

ExtensionFunctions.php issues
The page for it offers no explanation of how to install it, just calls it "useless", and it's causing my site to lock up no matter how I seem to configure it (including before Special:Cite, after it, before or after other include statements, not including it and just including Special:Cite, etc.). You can see the information on my site's current wiki installation here. Anyone have any ideas on how to make it work properly? 71.198.127.97 05:42, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Copy it from SVN to extenions/ directory - VasilievVV 05:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

- i can't find the ExtensionFunctions.php file anywhere! -


 * Still getting the following:
 * Warning: MessageCache::require(/homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/extensions/Cite/SpecialCite.i18n.php) [function.MessageCache-require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/includes/MessageCache.php on line 701

Fatal error: MessageCache::require [function.require]: Failed opening required '/homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/extensions/Cite/SpecialCite.i18n.php' (include_path='/homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki:/homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/includes:/homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/languages:.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/includes/MessageCache.php on line 701 :: 71.198.124.7 23:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * All right, I figured out that I was missing SpecialCite.i18n.php and SpecialCite_body.php, so I've added those in (for some reason I'd confused it with the Cite.i18n.php file on the download page; already have the other Cite extension installed on my Wiki). Now I'm getting this error instead:
 * Warning: file_get_contents(/homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/extensions/Cite/cite_text) [function.file-get-contents]: faied to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/2/d164452344/htdocs/wiki/extensions/Cite/SpecialCite_body.php on line 9
 * I've added the ExtensionFunctions.php file and included it as well. I've also made sure that cite_text is in the same directory as SpecialCite.php.  Am I still missing something from the directions, or is it just being buggy for me? 71.198.127.97 06:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Vancouver style
Vancouver style is the style used for many Biomedical journals.

Include this in the cite_text file to produce the citation in Vancouver style:

Vancouver style
contributors. . [Online]. 2024 August 28 [Cited: 2024 August 28 ]; Available from: URL:

Cite_text
I found that it was necessary to paste the contents of cite_text.txt into the wiki page MediaWiki:Cite_text. For some reason, the file cite_text.txt wasn't being used, though no error messages were produced. The failure mode was an empty page for Special:Cite, except for the "cite" box and button.

One other installation detail was missing. This is needed in LocalSettings.php to load ExtensionFunctions.php require_once($IP.'/extensions/ExtensionFunctions.php'); --Russell.thomas 07:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Typo in cite_text
Near the end of default cite_text:

When using the LaTeX package ... the following may preferred:

The following may be preferred:

When using the LaTeX package ... the following may be preferred:

Svemir Brkic 18:53, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, that's fixed in 41812 -Steve Sanbeg 18:09, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

What is the point?
I don't see what is he point of this extension--can someone please explain on the main page? Odessaukrain 17:51, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This extension provides a link in the toolbox toward a special page.
 * The special page display informations about the previous page and different ways to cite the page.
 * Users who want to export (legally) pages from a wiki to somewhere else just have to copy-paste the link they want.
 * Dr Brains 01:57, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Custom variables for individual pages?
I wanted to know if it's possible to change variables like the author of an article for an individual page. (I have essays on my wiki that aren't written by me; it would be inappropriate to say I am the author.) --Ksd5 00:07, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Enhancement Request for subpage
I pretty much work a lot with Cite and love it. But sometimes I would enjoy using Cite a much more. Think of the following ...

You're having a large page ( a really large page ) with lots and lots of references and lots and lots of paragraphs and subparagraphs. The readability of the will be decreased the more references you'll use.

How about a separate subpages for references so that the references will be seperated from the article? And/Or how about a references list structured by paragraphs

-- Zuul 07:34, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Both of the requests should be ( LocalSettings ) configurable
 * Default would be 'SubPageReference'
 * Default would be no paragraph seperation

Special:Cite for other namespaces
Hello, is there any easy way to make this extension add a special page link for pages in a custom namespaces? otherwise that would be a really great feature! rotsee 11:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

-tag not working
The -tag does not seem to have any effect on MediaWiki:Cite_text for me, using the latest Cite version from august 18th, MW 1.16.1. It's just printed out as is: Special:Cite/Some_article. Have anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions where to start looking for the error? rotsee 19:58, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * In fact it seems like ALL dates are parsed as if they where enclosed in citation-tags... rotsee 20:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * A workaround for now: using the #time parser function for current dates. rotsee 20:15, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

http: is missing
Recently the http: is missing in the output (cf. []), i.e. the URL starts with "//". --ThT 08:34, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * See MediaWiki_1.18. rotsee 10:10, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, didn't know that. Best, --ThT 15:36, 30 September 2011 (UTC)