2008/9/25 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
If a reference is used more than once, it's not
all in one place
anyway. It actually solves the issue of someone accidentally deleting
the text for the ref not realising it is used elsewhere. For refs only
used once, it makes maintenance of the ref a little harder, but
maintenance of the rest of the article much easier.
There are areas where articles are likely to rack up a lot of single
use refs. But such a system already exists. Doesn't help a huge
amount. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal#Work_begins
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geni