On 8/10/06, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
One source alone is a bad idea, yes, but there's
no need to cite eight
instead of two. I'll have a hack at the article tomorrow and
rationalise some of the sources.
If you're talking about citing some particular factoid, then yeah,
citing more than 2 sources would be unusual. For an example of a
situation where I did it, see [[Kate McTell]] - there's a bit where I
list like 3 sources that say Ruby Glaze was a pseudonym, and 3 that
say they were separate people. Similarly if you have something really
controversial, then there are times that 10 footnotes for one sentence
might be appropriate...
(but in general, 1's good! :))
Steve