Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27104094-20160205131602/@comment-27886747-20160302171113

I think that the ref tag mechanism should be used for both references/sources and for footnotes (e.g. in tables), but I also think that footnotes are overused in some pages. :)

I don't know if Wikia supports the MediaWiki reference grouping mechanism. (I'll test it.) If it does, it will be possible to separate references from footnotes if mixing them bothers some people that much. (E.g. in addition to the usual "[10]" superscript, footnotes can show up as "[note 10]" and be listed in a separate section.)

Edit: Grouping is possible - look at User:MailleKerchief for an example. Though I'm not sure if you can see the code itself.