== Confusing reference style == 

 "OK, but please do not use that confusing reference style" it was not clear to me if you meant  or "author date, p. num" as your replacement was "''author (date), p. num". If have guessed that you were referring to the template, but if you were referring to the date without round brackets, then please let me know and I will change my most recent edit to include brackets around the year.