"Thomas Dalton" wrote
Quotes in the article where appropriate are fine - I thought you meant in the footnotes (you mentioned "more verbatim footnotes".
If you're writing an article on a mathematical theorem, for example, quoting from the paper that first discussed it (ie. the main primary source) would probably add to the article. I'm not sure quoting secondary sources would be useful very often, though.
I'm not thinking about mathematics here. I am thinking about giving verbatim quotes in footnotes: I thnk this can be clarifying, and can add to the article. I wouldn't suggest any extended quoting that doesn't clearly add value.
Charles
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