Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 12/21/06, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
Actually, we do somewhat require it for direct quotations, we're supposed to reference it. Couldn't we simply throw a <ref> on it with the attribution in the references area? Seems like the best of both worlds, IMO.
Still leave us with the text image inequality, but at least that would make it unugly. The problem then becomes that were seriously overloading rev... Already it's hard enough to tell if an article has any sources.
It's not that hard to tell if an article has any sources, and, technically speaking, attribution is sourcing. The more I think about it, the more sense it makes to toss the attribution into the reference area, even if the rationale doesn't explicitly require it.
... plus another issue that I didn't bring up, more frontline attribution risks creating a mismotiviation to contribute. How long do we use the ref tag before people figure out that it's a fun way to cram external links into our articles?
Why should that be an argument against attitribution? Our referencing/verification policy already sorta does the same thing, but we'd never stop referencing articles.
-Jeff