On 29 Sep 2006, at 10:04, Peter Jacobi wrote:
In the unlikely case anyone interested has missed it: There are some troubles re mandatory in-line citing and science articles.
For an example of the amount of in-line cites requested see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Special_relativity&diff=78107405&oldid=77881051
This level of citing is ridiculous. A theory should be cited, not every individual statement of the theory.
Some of these articles refer to degree level science. The layman will not understand them without several years of study. Adding a few cites won't help this.
OTOH, in [[Mathematics]], there are some sweeping historical statements which could do with being cited, and I have no problem with this.