On 3/20/07, stevertigo stvrtg@gmail.com wrote:
The second suggested convention is to avoid putting refs in mid sentence, placing them instead at the end of complete sentences. This might not resonate well, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
This doesn't work well for some sentences with distinct facts coming from distinct sources:
Although Elbonia is the world's biggest exporter of mail-order brides[1], some analysts believe that Zamunda will overtake it in the next three years.[2]
Writing this with the two sources at the end of the sentence is less precise, and looks like the two sources agree with each other or are somehow mutually redundant. Due to Wikipedia's "special needs" with regards to referencing, I think we should be leaning towards more precise and explicit referencing, not less.
Steve