David Goodman wrote:
It makes sense to consider it that we are citing implicitly--by citing a more detailed article in WP we imply that the references in that article are relevant. It's not provided for by the rules, but it makes sense, rather than to copy over the references. It's an acceptable scholarly device, in my opinion, if used carefully.
Of course! What's unfortunate is that some people are more comfortable with hard rules than with reasonableness. There are times when citing another Wikipedia article is perfectly appropriate.
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