On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:40:05 -0700, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
I think a very important issue here is whether to add cites to articles that we don't know what sources were used.
If I wrote the entire text of [[Japanese language]] (which I didn't, this is just an example), without a cite, it would be a very horrible thing in my mind if somebody added a cite for a book I'd never even heard of. It's simply not accurate, and in some cases the book may not even be a good resource.
Whenever somebody adds a random cite to an article written mostly or entirely by me, I remove it unless I actually DID use that source. It's very irritating to have people doing that, almost like bees, who while they make honey also tend to annoy people.
Hmm. If something is common knowledge to specialists in the field (sounds contradictory, I know) then any reliable cite documenting this will do, not just the one you've used.