On 2/27/08, Brian Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
If this is the policy I would be happy to come up with a database query that deletes all such references.
A database query that generates a list of all such references might be useful. They could then be perused by hand.
It's definitely inappropriate for Wikipedia to cite itself as if it was a reliable source. However there is a grey area - if a person's source of the information is actually Wikipedia, it would be good to somehow record that fact (maybe as a <!-- HTML comment -->). Yes, all information should ideally be cited...but most of it isn't, and information honestly cited to its source is better than information with no citation whatsoever.
Steve