On 5/17/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
I would like to hear from people whether they consider this level of footnoting excessive, about right, deficient etc.
The level is not a problem. I tend to agree that there's no such thing as overciting, though I'm sure someone will eventually WP:POINT out an exception to that rule. As you say, the problem is more with the nature of the sources used. Much of the article is currently sourced to a web site called "Megalithic Walks" which is only attributed to "Graham and Angela" and which does not, itself, cite sources.
However, citing such amateur websites is perfectly fine -- it's basically one step above "citation needed" and tells other editors that it would be nice to have a more authoritative source for the claim (and also that it's OK to remove it if it is in dispute).
Erik