Delirium wrote:
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
Well, I think I've made it abundantly clear I disagree. Those mathematical articles should all be referenced. The person who is in the best position to do that is the original author.
For most of them, the original author is no better placed to reference them than anyone else, because they're results that appear in standard textbooks. I could singlehandedly "reference" most of the linear algebra articles, for example, just by copy/pasting the reference list from [[linear algebra]] to the end of every one. But in cases where something is a standard result in elementary textbooks, I don't see what advantage actually listing some arbitrarily chosen textbook gives the reader.
Sourcing standards need to vary from one topic to the next, or according to the nature of the materials. Anything that could libel a living person needs a much stricter standard than basic textbook math.
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