[WikiEN-l] Works cited in Wikipedia

[Steve Bennett]

On 2/27/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...well, works cited where the citation involves an ISBN, anyway.
>
> http://www.librarything.com/blog/2007/02/wikipedia-citatons-with-feed.php

Oh dear:
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What's the most cited books? The most cited book on Wikipedia is...
The Official Pokemon Handbook. Surprised? Don't be. In fact, eighteen
of the top twenty most-cited works are Pokemon books. It boggles the
mind. Somebody, or a bunch of somebodies went ISBN-happy on all the
Pokemon entries. Fortunately, the existence of so many citations to
Pokemon does not impair the quality of the rest. It's just...
Wikipedia.
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It's actually not surprising though: references are often added
"defensively" on Wikipedia, as an argument against deleting the
article. Pokemon articles are more likely than others to be nominated
for AfD.

Steve