User talk:Ark25/RefScript

More about the script:

If the script doesn't work with a particular link from a website it knows, it doesn't mean the script doesn't work for all that website. The problem is that the big newspapers/websites have more than just one way to create their webpages and the script doesn't know all those different formatings. From what I noticed, big websites like BBC or New York Times have at least three or four different ways of formatting their news. In this case, report the link here, so I can improve it.

Reference names
If you want to personalize the reference names, so they don't mix with references added by someone else using this script in the same article in the same day, then change the second line in the script from

into

Where MyPrefix can be your user name for example, or some other distinct signature of yours.

An then, the reference will look like this:

instead of looking like this:

Date formatting
If you need the "accessdate" to look like "September 19, 2013" (US style) instead of "2013-09-19", then you have to change the third line in the script from

into

And then, the reference will look like this:

If you need the "accessdate" to look like "19 September 2013" (UK style) instead of "2013-09-19", then you have to change the third line in the script from

into

And then, the reference will look like this:

Test links

 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20890389
 * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384832/Great-White-sharks-hunt-seals-South-Africa.html
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/slava-rubin/the-crowdfunders-indiegog_b_933193.html
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/nj-boardwalk-fire-sandy_n_3943055.html
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121203/us-sci-nasa-voyager/
 * http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/arti-patel/nina-davuluri_b_3936174.html


 * http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/04/organisms-that-once-stuck-to-rocks-evolved-the-ability-to-move-out-of-the-way-of-predators/
 * http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/05/doom-4-announced-by-id/
 * http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/09/paypal-scrambles-for-fix-after-freezing-two-more-crowdfunded-games/
 * http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/79712-are-more-wind-turbines-the-answer
 * http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/57172-seaweed-could-be-the-next-big-thing-for-biofuel
 * http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/34179-super-foam-inventor-gets-whacked-by-a-shovel-to-prove-a-point
 * http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/21757-parents-blame-death-of-son-on-world-of-warcraft

BBC
no author:
 * Saturn's Enceladus moon hides 'great lake' of water, 3 April 2014, BBC
 * Seal filmed swimming in flooded Cambridgeshire fens, 2 January 2013, BBC
 * Engineering work disrupts train services to London, 18 April 2014, BBC
 * Anne the elephant new home plans criticised, 5 March 2014, BBC
 * Twycross Zoo: Baby Asian elephant on show to public, 11 March 2014, BBC
 * How India is building Asia's largest secure forest network, 20 March 2014, BBC

one author:
 * Malaria advice 'risks lives', 13 July 2006, Meirion Jones, BBC
 * Sea otter return boosts ailing seagrass in California, 26 August 2013, Suzi Gage, BBC
 * European Space Agency picks Plato planet-hunting mission, 20 February 2014, Jonathan Amos, BBC
 * Elephants recognise human voices, 10 March 2014, Victoria Gill, BBC
 * Beaked whale is deep-dive champion, 26 March 2014, Jonathan Amos, BBC
 * How do zoos prepare for dangerous animal escapes?, 18 April 2014, Laurence Cawley, BBC
 * Antarctica: Rising sea ice 'hurts' elephant seal breeding, 27 March 2014, News From Elsewhere. . ., BBC

others:

comma in date:
 * Inside the Bentley factory, 24 December, 2002, BBC
 * Credit card database hacked, 18 February, 2003, BBC
 * Job losses escalate at Reuters, 19 February, 2003, BBC

Daily Mail
no author:
 * Pictured: A photographer's very close encounter with a majestic right whale, 26 September 2008, Daily Mail Reporter, Daily Mail
 * Blue whales return to Alaska as the world's biggest animal fights back from edge of extinction, 18 May 2009, Daily Mail Reporter, Daily Mail
 * Is U.S. orca baby boom a fluke? Whale experts baffled as six new babies are born, 10 January 2010, Mail On Sunday Reporter, Daily Mail
 * Skeleton of whale who captured the hearts of millions when she swam up the Thames is put on display, 19 January 2011, Daily Mail Reporter, Daily Mail
 * Lonely death of a gentle giant who washed up on an English beach, 31 May 2011, Daily Mail Reporter, Daily Mail
 * Monster from the deep... on the Norfolk coast: 40ft sperm whale washes up on Christmas Eve, 28 December 2011, Charles Walford, Daily Mail

one author:
 * Mystery on the beach as 33 whales found dead as experts blame Royal Navy sonar, 8 November 2010, Arthur Martin, Daily Mail
 * 'Killer whales at Seaworld had teeth removed with power drills and were left to mourn on own after being separated from young', claims shocking new book, 19 July 2012, James Nye, Daily Mail
 * Moby Sick! Rare whale vomit found by schoolboy on beach could be worth £40,000, 29 August 2012, Anna Edwards, Daily Mail
 * Dinner in the 'Ring of Death': Breathtaking pictures of Great White sharks bursting from the sea to pick off seals, 5 August 2013, Rosie Taylor, Daily Mail
 * Ready to blow: Fears that sixty tonne blue whale carcass washed up on beach of tiny Newfoundland village could EXPLODE at any moment, 30 April 2014, Jill Reilly, Daily Mail
 * Low five: The moment a diver 'shakes hands' with a 52ft humpback whale the size of a double-decker bus in Hawaiian waters, 7 May 2014, Ted Thornhill, Daily Mail

two authors:
 * Trainer dies after 'attack from killer whale at SeaWorld', 25 February 2010, David Gardner, Joanna Tweedy, Daily Mail

four authors:
 * Abu Hamza found guilty in US court of helping Al-Qaeda terrorists, 19 May 2014, Sara Malm, Annette Witheridge, Ian Drury, Daniel Bates, Daily Mail

wrong formatting, missing fields:
 * Electric shock for consumers, Sean Poulter, Daily Mail

Daily Mirror
no author:
 * NOW ISLE BE BETTER OFF, 30 January 2002, Daily Mirror
 * WHALE DOOMED TO DIE, 15 September 2005, Daily Mirror
 * Fury over Japan's whale slaughter, but they claim it's for 'scientific research', 8 February 2008, Daily Mirror
 * Amazing rescue: Drowning diver saved by beluga whale, 29 July 2009, Daily Mirror

one author:
 * How Reid will get it all off Pat .. - Brian Reade, 16 February 2002, Brian Reade, Daily Mirror
 * EURO 2004 PITCH!, 9 May 2004, Sunday People, Daily Mirror
 * UNHAPPY HENMAN IN RAGE AT LINE CALLS, 18 June 2006, Sunday People, Daily Mirror
 * In Pictures: Beluga whale gives birth, 11 June 2008, Andy Rudd, Daily Mirror
 * HAVING A WHALE OF ATIME, 20 October 2008, Mike Walters, Daily Mirror
 * Killer whale show back on at Florida SeaWorld death park, 27 February 2010, Matt Blake, Daily Mirror
 * Blackfish documentary exposes dark side of SeaWorld and the killer whales responsible for "70 human injuries", 18 November 2013, Susie Boniface, Daily Mirror
 * Whale under boat: Amazing pictures of moment giant 50-tonne mammal appears under tiny tourist boat, 18 December 2013, Anne-Marie Senior, Daily Mirror
 * Ambergris: Huge lumps of whale vomit thought to be worth thousands is actually worthless rubber, 23 January 2014, John Kelly, Daily Mirror
 * 'Whale Hill' graveyard created by killer algae, scientists believe, 28 February 2014, Chris Bradley, Daily Mirror

Daily Telegraph
no author:
 * Anti-whaling marches planned, 26 May 2002, The Daily Telegraph
 * Stumpy, whale with no tail, survives epic swim, 14 August 2008, The Daily Telegraph
 * Scores of whales stranded in western Australia, 23 March 2009, The Daily Telegraph
 * Whale found dead in Thames, 14 September 2009, The Daily Telegraph
 * Nations unite against Japan's annual whale hunt, 14 December 2011, The Daily Telegraph
 * Japan ends whale hunt with less than a third of its target catch, 9 March 2012, The Daily Telegraph
 * Video: Kasatka the killer whale gives birth in pool at Sea World in San Diego, 15 February 2013, The Daily Telegraph

one author:
 * Plan to cut whaling dropped, 27 July 2001, Charles Clover, Environment Editor, The Daily Telegraph
 * Inner ear offers clue to when whales first swam, 9 May 2002, Roger Highfield, Science Editor, The Daily Telegraph
 * Riding the crest of the whale, 5 July 2003, Sheila Johnston, The Daily Telegraph
 * Whale numbers in decline, 31 July 2003, Roger Highfield, Science Editor, The Daily Telegraph
 * Whale star of 'Free Willy' dies after return to wild, 14 December 2003, Adam Lusher, The Daily Telegraph
 * Family's terror as whale leaps on yacht, 20 August 2003, Nick Britten, The Daily Telegraph
 * Marine 'collapse' linked to whale decline, 29 September 2003, Roger Highfield, Science Editor, The Daily Telegraph
 * We could see the whale's eyes, mouth... the barnacles on its back, 22 December 2005, Ben Fogle, The Daily Telegraph
 * Appeal to lift whaling ban rejected, 29 May 2007, Paul Eccleston, The Daily Telegraph
 * Whale ban appeal gets final 'No', 1 June 2007, Paul Eccleston, The Daily Telegraph
 * 'We'd deploy military to stop Japan whaling', 15 November 2007, Nick Squires In Sydney, The Daily Telegraph
 * Environment group to 'intimdate' Japan whaling fleet, 20 November 2007, Nick Squires In Sydney, The Daily Telegraph
 * When whales walked the Earth, 19 December 2007, Roger Highfield, Science Editor, The Daily Telegraph
 * 'Shocking' pictures of Japanese whaling, 7 January 2008, Nick Squires In Sydney, The Daily Telegraph
 * Scientists capture images of sleeping whales, 20 February 2008, Paul Eccleston, The Daily Telegraph
 * Whale meat 'stolen' from Japan's science fleet, 20 May 2008, Charles Clover, Environment Editor, The Daily Telegraph
 * Dubai hotel 'must free' whale shark from aquarium, 20 October 2008, Urmee Khan, The Daily Telegraph
 * The sperm whale works in extraordinary ways, 15 February 2011, Hal Whitehead, The Daily Telegraph

videos:
 * Whale shark's toilet moment caught on film, 14 November 2008, Paul Eccleston, The Daily Telegraph
 * Video: Giant humpback whale gives spectacular display, 23 August 2010, The Daily Telegraph

The Guardian

 * Getting on the net for nothing, 20 May 1999, Jim Mcclellan, The Guardian

One author:
 * Woolworths' demise drags Miller Brothers into administration, 7 January 2009, Julia Kollewe, The Guardian
 * China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work, May 25, 2011, Danny Vincent In Beijing, The Guardian

Two authors:
 * Rosetta: Philae tight spot on comet prompts tough decisions for Esa, 13 November 2014, Ian Sample, Stuart Clark, The Guardian

missing fields:
 * What happened to Bono's luggage after it fell out of a plane?, Marina Hyde, The Guardian (2014-11-13)

The Independent
No author:
 * The Investment column: TT Group, 29 June 1999, The Independent

One author:
 * TT Group results beat expectations, 31 March 1993, Robert Cole, The Independent
 * AB Electronic agrees bid from TT Group, 3 December 1992, John Murray, The Independent
 * Tempo looks at float to finance stores, 5 January 1997, Paul Farrelly, The Independent
 * Army cuts: Hundreds more soldiers to lose jobs, 23 January 2014, Emma Clark, The Independent

The Register
One author:
 * 3Dfx unveils Voodoo3 2000, 3000 and 3500, 12 February 1999, Tony Smith, The Register
 * ATI Rage 6 info ‘leaked', 20 April 2000, Tony Smith, The Register
 * ATI shows off Mobility Radeon 7500, 28 August 2001, Tony Smith, The Register
 * ATI ships Radeon 7500 All-In-Wonder (in North America), 22 January 2002, Drew Cullen, The Register
 * Tempo in adminstration, 28 September 2001, Robert Blincoe, The Register
 * Nvidia unveils GeForce FX 5900, 12 May 2003, Tony Smith, The Register
 * Orange mounts sneaky Freeserve accounts purge, 30 August 2007, Christopher Williams, The Register
 * Nvidia unveils $3499 4GB graphics card, 10 November 2008, Tony Smith, The Register
 * Toshiba intros CULV satellites, 29 September 2009, Tony Smith, The Register

ZDNet
No author:
 * Chine to become world's largest online gaming market in 2007, October 18, 2004, ZDNet

One author:
 * Japan develops whale-tracking satellite, January 9, 2002, Aled Herbert, ZDNet
 * Game industry begins online experiment, August 23, 2002, David Becker, ZDNet


 * More than $1 bln of online games sold in 2003, March 25, 2004, ZDNet
 * Who's the Minnow, Who's the Whale?, March 23, 2005, Steve Gillmor, ZDNet
 * Making a play for China's online games, March 17, 2008, Vivian Yeo, ZDNet
 * How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales., April 10, 2009, Jason Perlow, ZDNet
 * Miniature digital cameras capture Albatross, Killer Whale moment, October 8, 2009, Rachel King, ZDNet
 * Games industry bets big on India, March 30, 2010, Swati Prasad, ZDNet
 * Cybercrime costs $338bn to global economy; More lucrative than drugs trade, September 7, 2011, Zack Whittaker, ZDNet
 * Telstra the 'white whale' for Oz entrepreneurs, June 26, 2012, Mahesh Sharma, ZDNet
 * How blogger Whale Oil accessed Labour Party computers, August 17, 2014, Rob O’Neill, ZDNet

Huffington Post
one author:
 * NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system, December 3, 2012, Alicia Chang, The Huffington Post
 * NJ Boardwalk Fire Caused By Sandy-Damaged Wiring, Say Officials (PHOTOS), 09/17/13, Wayne Parry, The Huffington Post
 * Slava Rubin: The CrowdFunders: IndieGoGo's Most Extraordinary Crowdfunding Campaigns, 08/22/11, Slava Rubin, The Huffington Post
 * Beyond Obama's Plan: A New Economic Vision for Addressing Climate Change, 2 June 2014, Jeremy Rifkin, The Huffington Post


 * Ignore The Racist Tweets -- Will An Indian Miss America Actually Change Anything?, 09/16/2013, Arti Patel, The Huffington Post Canada

Huffington Post Canada
no author:
 * Second beluga whale, Tiqa, dies at Vancouver Aquarium in last 15 months, September 16, 2011, The Huffington Post Canada
 * Beluga whale dies at Vancouver Aquarium, August 7, 2012, The Huffington Post Canada
 * Beluga deaths in St. Lawrence worry whale researchers, August 20, 2013, The Huffington Post Canada

one author:
 * When Killer Whales Kill: Why the movie "Blackfish" Should Sink Captive Whale Programs, August 1, 2013, Annelise Sorg, The Huffington Post Canada

New York Times
no author:
 * U.S. to Move Against Japan Over Whales, 13 September 2000, The New York Times
 * 'Willy' Whale Dies in Norway, 14 December 2003, The New York Times
 * 19th-century harpoon gives clue on whales, 13 June 2007, The New York Times

one author:
 * Tech Notes; A Flying Whale of an Idea -- Its Name Is Hydro 2000, 28 October 1990, Lawrence M. Fisher, The New York Times
 * Japan, Feasting on Whale, Sniffs At 'Culinary Imperialism' of U.S., 10 August 2000, Calvin Sims, The New York Times
 * Drop That Harpoon! Whale Hostilities Revisited, 25 September 2003, Lizette Alvarez, The New York Times
 * Adding Weight to Suspicion, Sonar Is Linked to Whale Deaths, 9 October 2003, Anahad O'Connor, The New York Times
 * Mexico's Maritime Mystery: What's Killing All Those Whales?, 19 February 2006, James C. Mckinley Jr., The New York Times
 * Save Your Whale and Eat It, Too, 23 May 2006, Philip Armour, The New York Times
 * Speak Whale to Me, 31 May 2007, David Rothenberg, The New York Times
 * Tribal Group Kills Whale Off Washington, 11 September 2007, J. Michael Kennedy, The New York Times
 * A Wealth of Data in Whale Breath, 30 September 2013, Rebecca Kessler, The New York Times
 * A Whale of an International Court Ruling Against Japan, 1 April 2014, Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times

The Washington Post
one author:
 * 'Gods and Monsters' (NR), 20 November 1998, Rita Kempley, The Washington Post
 * The End Is Here, 29 September 2002, Ambrose Clancy, The Washington Post
 * Whales' Plight Revives Sonar Theory, 11 July 2004, Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post
 * Reviving a Taste for Whale, 19 June 2005, Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post
 * March of the Migration, 4 September 2005, Andrea Sachs, The Washington Post
 * Reference to Sonar Deleted in Whale-Beaching Report, 20 January 2006, Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post
 * Judge: Farms Not Hurt by Whale Rules, 20 December 2006, Peggy Andersen, The Washington Post
 * Harold Meyerson - Landing the White Whale, 30 April 2008, Harold Meyerson, The Washington Post
 * Whale Advocates Gain Victory, 19 July 2008, David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
 * Officials and Scientists Debate the Criteria for Rescuing Animals, 26 January 2009, Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
 * International Whaling Commission proposes compromise on ban, 24 April 2010, Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
 * Researchers propose putting a price on whales, 11 January 2012, Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
 * George Will: Blowing the whistle on Leviathan, 27 July 2012, George F. Will, The Washington Post

to work at:
 * http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2008/2008-whale-update.html
 * Alaska wants the humpback whale off the Endangered Species list, March 1, Reid Wilson, The Washington Post
 * At Kennedy Center, A Whale Of a Recital, 15 November 2005, Joe Banno, The Washington Post
 * dot.comments - Poll Results Attacked, Cheered, The Washington Post

The Boston Globe

 * A new study reveals how honky-tonk hits respond to changing American fortunes, 28 April 2014, The Boston Globe

one author:
 * Nightwatch checks out (Expletive) Them, I’m Famous Wednesdays at Splash, 13 October 2011, Anthony Savvides, The Boston Globe
 * Stranded pilot whales on Mass. beaches were rare visitors from the south, 15 October 2011, Amanda Cedrone, The Boston Globe
 * Humpback whales pay unexpected visit to boaters off of Truro, 20 July 2012, Melissa M. Werthmann, The Boston Globe
 * Right whales make comeback after centuries of decline, 17 March 2013, Beth Daley, The Boston Globe
 * Rare whale sighting in Cape Cod Bay, 22 April 2014, Sarah Schweitzer, The Boston Globe

two authors:
 * A ‘Harry Potter’ party for Yule Ball, 21 December 2011, Mark Shanahan, Meredith Goldstein, The Boston Globe

The Times of India
no author:
 * Whale shark dies in aquarium, 28 December 2002, The Times of India
 * Scared villagers kill rare whale shark, 9 April 2003, The Times of India
 * This 'whale' evokes awe on Gujarat coast, 17 May 2004, The Times of India
 * Mumbai says it cares for whales, 16 June 2005, The Times of India
 * 'Whales, ostrich evolved in India', 9 December 2005, The Times of India
 * The prince of whales, 17 March 2007, The Times of India
 * Japan, Australia agree to disagree over whale hunt, 12 June 2008, The Times of India
 * Saving the whale shark, 5 November 2008, The Times of India
 * Whale shark saved off Junagadh coast, 1 December 2009, The Times of India
 * Dead blue whale found at the Chennai port, 23 November 2010, The Times of India
 * Mangrol adopts whale shark as mascot, 25 January 2011, The Times of India
 * Female whale shark satellite-tagged in Gujarat, 30 December 2013, The Times of India

one author:
 * UK allows working visas for Indian students, 25 November 2001, Siddhartha D. Kashyap, The Times of India
 * Bank roles diminish in reel world, 9 April 2003, Huned Contractor, The Times of India
 * 27-ft whale found dead on Orissa shore, 21 December 2005, Ashis Senapati, The Times of India
 * Lifting the whale, 2 January 2010, Himanshu Kaushik, The Times of India
 * Election war-rooms now target Wikipedia, 17 April 2014, Jayanta Deka, The Times of India

Business Week

 * Rambus and a Price-Fixing Tale, October 30, 2005, BusinessWeek
 * EU fines LCD panel makers $856 million for cartel, December 8, 2010, BusinessWeek
 * 3 TV display makers settle LCD price-fixing case, July 12, 2012, BusinessWeek

one author:
 * Another Whale: Is Fidelity Contrafund the next Magellan?, April 3, 2006, Adrienne Carter, BusinessWeek
 * WhaleShark Triples Marketing Budget After 2011 Revenue Jumps 50%, January 26, 2012, Lee Spears, BusinessWeek
 * Bloody Whales, 7-Ton Henry Moore, Bathhouse Nude: Hot Art, November 28, 2012, Katya Kazakina, BusinessWeek

two authors:
 * Zynga’s Quest for Big-Spending Whales, July 6, 2011, Douglas Macmillan, Brad Stone, BusinessWeek

Financial Times
on Financial Times you can only read a few articles for free, then you must pay

one author:
 * The Source: Platts rocks boat; $300 crude; solar shake-ups; hot jobs - Energy Source, March 4, 2009, Kate Mackenzie, Financial Times
 * The final meltdown, November 13, 2009, Simon Kuper, Financial Times
 * Chipmakers fined €331m for price-fixing, May 19, 2010, Nikki Tait In Brussels, Financial Times
 * Rockhopper raises Falklands oil estimate, August 15, 2011, Christopher Thompson, Financial Times
 * Recap and tranche primer - FT Alphaville, May 16 2012, Financial Times

three authors:
 * JPMorgan hit with $920m in fines over ‘whale’ trade, September 19, 2013, Tom Braithwaite, Kara Scannell In New York and Daniel Schäfer In London, Financial Times

The Economist
on The Economist you can only read a few articles for free, then you must pay

Series of articles: http://www.economist.com/topics/aquatic-animals?page=4


 * Duck-shooting: Quacks in European solidarity, 8 August 2002, The Economist
 * Latin American fisheries: Tangled nets, 2 October 2003, The Economist
 * Lobsters in Maine: Claws!, 19 August 2004, The Economist
 * Icebergs ahoy, 9 May 2006, The Economist
 * Muddy waters, 16 June 2006, The Economist
 * Conservation (2): Whaling and gnashing of teeth, 22 June 2006, The Economist
 * Whaling: Safe, for now, 25 June 2008, The Economist
 * The squid, the whale and the bear, 22 December 2008, The Economist
 * Banyan: Not whaling but drowning, 11 March 2010, The Economist
 * Whaling: A giant compromise?, 29 April 2010, The Economist
 * Animal rights: Whales are people, too, 25 February 2012, The Economist
 * Daily chart: Whale hunting, 27 August 2012, The Economist
 * Fossil cetaceans: A whale of a story, 23 February 2013, The Economist


 * Conservation: Going with the flow?, 28 November 2002, Key Largo, The Economist

Wall Street Journal

 * blogs.wsj.com
 * Eel Shortage Sparks Worries in Japan - The Informed Reader, June 13, 2007, The Wall Street Journal
 * Behind Whaling Fight, a Dying Industry? - The Informed Reader, May 25, 2007, The Wall Street Journal
 * The Anti-Whaling Movement's Answer to Capt. Ahab - The Informed Reader, October 28, 2007, The Wall Street Journal
 * Discovery Channel's ‘Life' Debuts Tonight with Narrator Oprah Winfrey - Speakeasy, March 21, 2010, Michelle Kung, The Wall Street Journal
 * ‘Whale Wars' Season 4 Premiere - Speakeasy, June 3, 2011, Stephanie Krikorian, The Wall Street Journal
 * South Korea Drops Whaling Plans - Korea Real Time, December 5, 2012, Alastair Gale, The Wall Street Journal
 * A Whale of a Trade; One Man to Check the Books - MoneyBeat, September 19, 2013, Jamila Trindle, The Wall Street Journal
 * Japanese Retailers Split on Selling Whale Meat - Japan Real Time, May 2, 2014, Jun Hongo, The Wall Street Journal


 * online.wsj.com
 * Oracle Officer Makes Fix-It Job Genuine Do-It-Yourself Project, January 29, 2003, Marcelo Prince, The Wall Street Journal
 * Culture at No Cost, November 28, 2003, Robert J. Hughes, The Wall Street Journal
 * Ericsson Gets Back in Gear, September 14, 2004, David Pringle, The Wall Street Journal
 * A Primer on the Threat of Avian Flu, February 28, 2005, Gautam Naik, The Wall Street Journal
 * Bush Tries to Cut Whales From Budget -- for Fourth Time, February 14, 2005, June Kronholz, The Wall Street Journal
 * Why Rural Museums Are Becoming Ancient History, December 27, 2005, Bruce Courson, The Wall Street Journal
 * The Harpooner's Harvest, June 20, 2007, John Steele Gordon, The Wall Street Journal
 * Supersize Me: Whale Meat Resurfaces on Iceland Menus, September 2, 2008, Daniel Michaels, The Wall Street Journal
 * Whale Watch: Endangered Designation in Danger, November 11, 2009, Robert Lee Hotz, The Wall Street Journal
 * Australia Acts on Japan Whaling, May 28, 2010, Enda Curran, The Wall Street Journal
 * Bill Kills Off Program on Whaling Industry, April 15, 2011, Scott L. Greenberg, The Wall Street Journal
 * J.P. Morgan: 'Whale' Clawbacks About Two Years of Compensation, July 13, 2012, Dan Fitzpatrick, The Wall Street Journal
 * Swimming With Sperm Whales in the Atlantic Ocean, April 17, 2014, Philip Hoare, The Wall Street Journal


 * Video
 * http://live.wsj.com/video/whaling-season-begins/4CBB79A5-E280-472C-8FD1-1B2535DBF0E0.html#!D029D3C9-36DA-4CC9-A5C2-D4D77485B284


 * Images
 * http://topics.wsj.com/subject/b/Blood-Transfusion/2004/photos/b37e889c76cf41d8848f808a56b868ee


 * pages with errors
 * http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-POLARBEARS08.xml
 * http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304677904579535534018474474?tesla=y
 * http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303822204577464300860076014

Ars Technica
one author
 * Rethinking desalination, November 9 2007, Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica


 * Doom 4 announced by id, May 8 2008, Michael Thompson, Ars Technica


 * Desalination: is this as good as it gets?, August 5 2011, John Timmer, Ars Technica


 * Evolution in motion: organisms once stuck to rocks can now evade predators, April 17 2012, John Timmer, Ars Technica


 * At EVE Fanfest, players celebrate a different world, May 18 2013, Joseph Leray, Ars Technica
 * High sodium content may keep stars looking perpetually young, May 30 2013, Matthew Francis, Ars Technica
 * Baer’s Odyssey: Meet the serial inventor who built the world’s first game console, July 13 2013, Declan Burrowes, Ars Technica
 * PayPal scrambles for fix after freezing two more crowdfunded games, September 13 2013, Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica

two authors:
 * Amazon Fire TV misses the same marks as Ouya, other media boxes, 9 April 2014, Casey Johnston and Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica

three authors:
 * Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at homeopathy, 12 September 2007, John Timmer, Matt Ford, Chris Lee, and Jonathan Gitlin, Ars Technica

TG Daily

 * Parents blame death of son on World of Warcraft, November 22, 2005, Humphrey Cheung, TG Daily
 * Super foam inventor gets whacked by a shovel to prove a point, October 3, 2007, Humphrey Cheung, TG Daily
 * Seaweed could be the next big thing for biofuel, July 12, 2011, Jasmine Greene, Earthtechling, TG Daily
 * The multi-color stars of globular cluster NGC 6362, November 3, 2012, Thomas Anderson, TG Daily
 * Are more wind turbines the answer?, September 16, 2013, Pete Danko, Earthtechling, TG Daily
 * Apple might buy Beats for $3.2 billion, May 9, 2014, Guy Wright, TG Daily


 * SMA reveals giant star cluster in the making, December 17, 2013, Tg Daily Staff, TG Daily

YouTube

 * Baby Elephant Sneezes and Scares himself, 9/4/2014, MrNewsCoop, YouTube

Other samples
posted, updated:
 * Second beluga whale, Tiqa, dies at Vancouver Aquarium in last 15 months, September 16, 2011, The Huffington Post Canada
 * First Posted: 09/16/11 03:51 PM ET - Updated: 11/16/11 05:12 AM ET


 * Author name in capital letters
 * TT Group results beat expectations, March 31, 1993, ROBERT COLE, The Independent
 * AB Electronic agrees bid from TT Group, December 3, 1992, JOHN MURRAY, The Independent
 * Army cuts: Hundreds more soldiers to lose jobs, January 23, 2014, EMMA CLARK, The Independent

Not working links

 * New teeth 'could soon be grown', 3 May 2004, BBC
 * Gene could allow lab-grown teeth, 24 February 2009, BBC
 * In Romania, bribery is a health problem, 3 November 2009, Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times
 * MP planned fake death for months, 29 December 2005, BBC
 * The secret lives of Britain's child beggars, 19 October 2011, John Sweeney, BBC

Other bugs
Author name screwed by Title Case function:
 * How blogger Whale Oil accessed Labour Party computers, August 17, 2014, Rob O’neill, ZDNet

Sample references generated
Here's a few examples of generated references:


 * Reference generated with default settings:




 * UK-style date: - (var Date_Format = "UK";)




 * Date in YYYY-MM-DD format: - (var Date_Format = "YMD";)




 * Article publication date into the reference name - (var Ref_Name_Date_Publication_Date="Yes";)


 * US-style date: - (var Date_Format = "US";)


 * UK-style date: - (var Date_Format = "UK";)


 * Date in YYYY-MM-DD format: - (var Date_Format = "YMD";)


 * Short reference name - (var Ref_Name_Short = "Yes";)

Date contained in " " tags

 * Speak Whale to Me, 31 May 2007, David Rothenberg, The New York Times

Nice tags
July 12, 2012
 * 3 TV display makers settle LCD price-fixing case, July 12, 2012, BusinessWeek

May 19, 2010 7:10 pm
 * Chipmakers fined €331m for price-fixing, 19 May 2010, Nikki Tait in Brussels, Financial Times

Apr 17, 2012 1:33 pm UTC
 * Evolution in motion: organisms once stuck to rocks can now evade predators, 17 April 2012, John Timmer, Ars Technica

Posted July 12, 2011 - 10:43
 * Seaweed could be the next big thing for biofuel, July 12, 2011, TG Daily

Reference Standard
In order to make it possible to generate the references for newspapers articles in one click, we need a tiny standard to be defined and then used by the newspapers.

Let's analyze the following newspaper article:
 * Elephants recognise human voices, 10 March 2014, Victoria Gill, BBC

In order to generate the reference in one click, we need a bookmarklet (a JavaScript program) that is capable to capture the following fields:
 * Title: Elephants recognise human voices
 * Publication date: 10 March 2014
 * Author(s) name(s): Victoria Gill
 * Publication name: BBC

We already have such a script at User:Ark25/RefScript, but because the standard doesn't exist, maintaining the script is a mess.

Now, let's take a look at how the fields are encoded in the webpage:
 * &lt;title>BBC News - Elephants recognise human voices&lt;/title>
 * &lt;span class="date">10 March 2014&lt;/span>
 * &lt;span class="byline-name">By Victoria Gill&lt;/span>
 * the name of the publication is not encoded in the webpage, because it can be deduced from the URL (http://www.bbc.com/news/..)

Now let's go to another publication:
 * Speak Whale to Me, 31 May 2007, DAVID ROTHENBERG, The New York Times

The fields:
 * &lt;title>Speak Whale to Me - New York Times&lt;/title>
 * &lt;div class="timestamp">Published: May 31, 2007&lt;/div>
 * &lt;div class="byline">By DAVID ROTHENBERG&lt;/div>

As you can see, two different publications have two different ways to specify those fields (title, publication date, author name). That means that our script has to learn how each site is encoding those fields. What makes things worse is that many times, the same publication uses five or six different ways to encode those fields. Even worse than that, the newspapers constantly change the way they encode those fields - every three years or so. That means, the script always has to be updated. It also means that the script has to be gignormous in order to become capable handle let's say the biggest 20 newspapers from every country.

Now, if there would be a tiny standard to encode those fields, the script will be very short and it will work with any site that implements the standard. The standard - let's call it "Ref Standard" defines the fields like this:
 * &lt;span class="Article title">Elephants recognise human voices&lt;/title>
 * &lt;span class="Publication date">10 March 2014&lt;/span>
 * &lt;span class="Date style">UK&lt;/span>
 * &lt;span class="Authors names">Victoria Gill&lt;/span>
 * &lt;span class="Publication name">BBC News&lt;/title>

From what I can say, using &lt;span> tags is much better than using &lt;meta>, because the bookmarklets are not capable to capture the &lt;meta> tags.

This is "Ref Standard A", the standard can have more sophisticated versions, like "Ref Standard B", where many other fields can be defined. But for us to be capable to generate the references in one click, the "Ref Standard A" is more than enough.

Once a few newspapers and websites implement the "Ref Standard A", the script will work without any need to update it or to teach it how to treat every such individual website.

The standard already exists (above). If needed, it can be improved very quick and very easy. Now we only need the WMF board to convince a few newspapers to implement the standard and then off we go. —  Ark25  (talk) 00:40, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

User feedback
To and to all others: If you have any suggestions to improve the script, please let me know. Or if you don't like something. Or if you have any other kind of comment. The best way to do that is to leave a comment on my talk page. Thanks. —  Ark25  (talk) 17:04, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Discussions about the script

 * Village pump (proposals)/Archive 105 - 2014-09-16
 * meta:Talk:Community Engagement (Product)/Process ideas - 2014-09-01
 * mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Design/Reference Dialog - 2014-09-26
 * Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 6 - 2014-10-14

Wikipedia articles with poorly formatted references

 * Freeserve at 2014-11-13