It seems perfectly reasonable to me that general or summary Wikipedia
articles should be based upon the work done and cited in the more
detailed and specific articles. I really don't see the point in citing
everything in such articles twice--though it does mean we have to be
careful to actually have the references somewhere instead of assuming
that they're where they ought to be, or using circular references
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
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From: Alex Sawczynec <glasscobra15(a)gmail.com>
AFAIK, citing other Wikipedia articles in the
form of episodes
of a show is actually quite common for TV show articles; for example, in
articles for Scrubs, a TV show popular in the States, character articles
often sources statements made by that character as simply <ref>[[Episode
name]], season 2, episode 17</ref>, or something similar. I don't really see
this as a negative thing, though; and certainly better than no citation at all.
In fact, in the vast majority of such cases the citation isn't actually intended to
cite the article it's linked to, it's citing the episode _itself_ (as a primary
source). The link to the Wikipedia article is merely included as a convenience, since you
generally can't link directly to a television episode.
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