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[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

"Thomas Dalton" wrote
> Quotes in the article where appropriate are fine - I thought you meant
> in the footnotes (you mentioned "more verbatim footnotes".
> 
> If you're writing an article on a mathematical theorem, for example,
> quoting from the paper that first discussed it (ie. the main primary
> source) would probably add to the article. I'm not sure quoting
> secondary sources would be useful very often, though.

I'm not thinking about mathematics here. I am thinking about giving verbatim quotes in footnotes: I thnk this can  be clarifying, and can add to the article. I wouldn't suggest any extended quoting that doesn't clearly add value.

Charles

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