Thomas Dalton wrote:
Leaving citations for someone else is complete nonsense. It shows that you didn't understand the paragraph of mine you quoted. A citation says where you got the source from. If you write and article, and then I come along, I have no idea where you got the source from, it is impossible for me to add the citation. I can add a link to somewhere that says the same thing, but that's not citing sources, because whatever I link to probably wasn't actually the source. Me adding sources to your article is basically me rewriting the article - your work becomes nothing more than copyediting that happened to be done before I wrote the article (and yes, that doesn't make sense - that's the point I'm trying to make).
That's nonsense that smacks of rules lawyering. You're putting too much stock into the behind-the-scenes process and not enough into the tangible product, which is equivalent no matter who adds a source that backs up the statement.