Author: mysekurity
Description:
I know this is an issue with Comp Sci rather than with Wikipedia, but I think it would be helpful if when clicking a footnote, the fragment identifier (what comes after # in the URL) would match up with the number footnote I clicked.
For example, If I were to read the text: "DST is said to save electricity by reducing the need for artificial evening lighting,[4]" and were to click the raised 4, I would be taken to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article#_ref-3", rather than the more logically "http...Article#_ref-4", as I clicked the 4th reference.
I know that in Binary and Hexidecimal, the first number in the series is 0 (hence when I click "ref 1", I'm taken to #_ref-0), but I was wondering if it were possible to start the numbering at 1 to better match a layperson's expected result.
Forgive me if this has been addressed in another bug report, but I didn't see anything.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement