2007/8/10, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com:
If some complex article like "List of countries by size" is well referenced, relying on that article will be made through an internal link (over the claim or like "see [[List of countries by size]]"), but it is not a reference. If we assume that the article "List of countries by size" is generated using specific data for every country from their own websites, and you want to define that Italy is at the Nth place by size then it is not reasonable to copy all references.
So, what if someone threatens to remove your statement as 'unreferenced'?
If you need only to verify specific date inside of some other article, please repeat the source. A reader should know directly where did you find that information.
And what if that other article is unsourced?