These scripts and services play a central role in generating valid CS1 templates to be inserted on (English) Wikipedia
Some of them were supported by grants.
Mediawiki extension. This is already the default in the visual editor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrandonXLF/Citoid
Web2cit (launched in september 2022)
This is not the default but way more accurate and customizable than citoid it seems. It was made by Diego de la hara who seems competent at writing JavaScript and got a grant for creating Web2Cit in 2022 It currently has only 11 active users on English Wikipedia which is surprisingly few. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Web2Cit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_use_Web2Cit.webm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_Web2Cit_works.webm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Web2Cit
ProveIt (/ˈpruːvɪt/) is a gadget that makes it easy to find, edit, add, and cite references when editing Wikipedia articles. Referencing is a key task at Wikipedia, but the process is often difficult because the citation templates (such as Template:Cite book) are complex. ProveIt simplifies the process by adding a smart and simple graphical user interface when editing any article. You deal with the interface, and ProveIt deals with the wikitext. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ProveIt
Gadget in english wikipedia that enables expansion of citation templates. TODO try it out.
There are about 200 million in total according to extractions from dumps done by scientists.
Here you see a graphical overview of the number of references
Base template for our user scripts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dipankan001/New_pages.js
Criteria used for selection:
- clear and simple
- minimal without bloat