Someone sent me this classic post from Jayjg:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-December/087744.html
BTW: It's a bit hard to tell how much of that diff is just hidden citations.
Another reason for
http://tinyurl.com/moverefs
Hm. Why not a Wikimedia limited URL shortening service?
-Stevertigo