FWN procedure suggestion

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 12:40:12 UTC 2010


On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:25:58AM +0600, Rashadul Islam wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:37:42 -0400,
> >  "Paul W. Frields" <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is an odd use of <ref> as a replacement for bullet lists.  A
> > > <ref> usually means a footnote that adds to other text.  Here's the
> > > results that come out in one of our test pages when there's an
> > > "unattached" <ref> or footnote (look for numbers 21 and up):
> >
> > They work odd as well. Clicking on the link in the description brings
> > you to the real link in the footnote area (more or less) and then you
> > have to click on that link to get to the actual web page.
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> 
> I am just confused with the examples. Please get me out of my confusion:
> 
> 1. We should write the link straight as "star followed by the hyperlink"
> 
> * http://url1.com
> * http://url2.com

Yes, this is the form you would use if the purpose of the list is
simply to list URLs by themselves.

> or
> 
> 
> 2. Just the below: "star followed by the text and use <ref>.....</ref>"
> * The Fedora Insight system<ref>http://url3.com</ref>

Yes, this is the form you would use if the purpose of the list is to
list text, where the text has a reference to a URL.

> or All the above? If yes, then when we should use each of them.

Hope the above guidance helps.

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