Brian wrote:
As Danny has repeatedly mentioned, normal
published textbooks,
including encyclopedias, have every single fact cited and checked
before the publisher will go on with printing the book. These
citations aren't made public, but they are done, nonetheless. Why
should we be any different? This doesn't necessarily mean putting
1000 sources in the reference section. There are other options we can
consider, or new ways of citing content online, that are different
from the methods used in printed books.
Like instead of having the references in and under the article have a
seperate page like a talk page? And we just make "notes" which link to
the references on that "references"page?
The page on which one chooses to put the quotes is only an aesthetic
function. The important thing is that they are findable and public.
The purpose of citations is to give the reader the opportunity to verify
the data for himself. He can't do that if the citations are not public.
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