On 12/02/2008, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
Note that they're not using the Wikipedia article as a source, they're linking to it to define the term, to provide readers with some general background on the area; which really is what an encyclopaedia should be used for.
Strangely enough, I thought that, but the Lead guideline has been edited by the admins so that this is no longer the case; apparently definitions are no longer required in the wikipedia, according to the guideline anyway.
-- Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com