actual encyclopedias, you will notice that they
don't have inline
references, especially for generally accepted facts.
That's true, but is also misleading.
You don't see those references in the *end product*.
But encyclopedia's do check the sources of their statements. I highly
recommend that you listen to this:
http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Archives
Validation on Wikipedia: How do I know this article is accurate?
1) An expert writes an article.
2) A fact checker checks *every statement* in the article from at
least 2 reliable sources and documents all of them on a newspaper
sized sheet where the article text is in the middle of the sheet and
the rest contains the references, annotations, recommended changes.
All this material is kept for later editors. (Forward to 27:00 in the
MP3).
Excellent. Where do I sign up?
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