# תמיכה בהתייחסות בפוסט (בקשת תכונה)

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**Created:** [17 במאי,‏ 2021,‏ 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-post-referencing-support-feature-request/190638 "2021-05-17T07:40:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![robbie.morrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\
**Post date:** [17 במאי,‏ 2021,‏ 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-post-referencing-support-feature-request/190638/1 "2021-05-17T07:40:48Z")

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Hello all, I admin two sites which, in cultural terms, sit between academic discourse and public policy analysis (one [example](https://forum.openmod.org)). And consequently, this kind of idiom is common:

> Morrison (2018) said xyz.

And later that reference is recorded, ofttimes in its own H1 section titled “References” and placed at the end:

> Morrison, Robbie (April 2018). [“Energy system modeling: public transparency, scientific reproducibility, and open development”](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X17300949/pdfft). _Energy Strategy Reviews_. **20** :&nbsp;49–63. ISSN [2211-467X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2211-467X). doi:[10.1016/j.esr.2017.12.010](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2017.12.010). Open access.

I looked though this site and found only this [posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communities-at-the-research-practice-interface-breaking-the-ivory-tower/68574) of relevance.

Also noting the way that Wikipedia handles referencing using `<ref>` tags, complete with great mouse‑over support these days. Note too that this tag is specific to Wikipedia and is not official HTML.

I presume no similar functionality exists in Discourse. The target references themselves can be set in markdown (as occurs above in the second quote). I&nbsp;am not suggesting that the various cite templates that Wikipedia offers are necessary. Nor that integration with a citation management utility (such as BibTeX, Zotero, and eventually [WikiCite](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite)) is needed either.

Any pointers, thoughts, and/or expressions of support welcome,&nbsp;R

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