On 7/19/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
Yeah, I've been working more in the science area these days, and not only does it tend to have fewer rabid partisans, but there is an ever-so-gradual influx of professional scientists for whom adding citations is as natural as breathing. (Not long ago, I narrowly saved myself from embarassment when I was about to disagree with an editor on a fine point, then realized he was the very author of the printed material open on my lap...)
Lol. I'm finding that sourcing can actually be fairly easy and fun. I mostly contribute to tourism-type stuff. Example: I recently visited Kilkenny Castle in Ireland. I took a couple of photos and bought a copy of the Kilkenny Castle Visitor's Guide (80c for a single sheet of cardboard - what a rip!) Then I added material to the article and cited the Guide. Sure, it's not university-level citation, but it's a hell of a lot better than nothing.
Or, in other cases, I just cite the web a lot. I think it's far more useful to have information of dubious reliability where we have cited a website of dubious reliability, than either a) no information at all, or b) the same information of dubious reliability, unsourced.
Steve