[WikiEN-l] Is this overciting?

[Erik Moeller]

On 5/17/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to hear from people whether they consider this level of
> footnoting excessive, about right, deficient etc.

The level is not a problem. I tend to agree that there's no such thing
as overciting, though I'm sure someone will eventually WP:POINT out an
exception to that rule. As you say, the problem is more with the
nature of the sources used. Much of the article is currently sourced
to a web site called "Megalithic Walks" which is only attributed to
"Graham and Angela" and which does not, itself, cite sources.

However, citing such amateur websites is perfectly fine -- it's
basically one step above "citation needed" and tells other editors
that it would be nice to have a more authoritative source for the
claim (and also that it's OK to remove it if it is in dispute).

Erik