On 12/11/05, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
I could singlehandedly "reference" most of the linear algebra articles, for example, just by copy/pasting the reference list from [[linear algebra]] to the end of every one. But in cases where something is a standard result in elementary textbooks, I don't see what advantage actually listing some arbitrarily chosen textbook gives the reader.
It gives the reader a starting point for further research, and at least
demonstrates that the information wasn't pulled out of a hat.
Spangineer/Nathaniel