[WikiEN-l] Nuke [[WP:CITE]] and [[WP:RS]]

[SPUI]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Leaving citations for someone else is complete nonsense. It shows that
> you didn't understand the paragraph of mine you quoted. A citation
> says where you got the source from. If you write and article, and then
> I come along, I have no idea where you got the source from, it is
> impossible for me to add the citation. I can add a link to somewhere
> that says the same thing, but that's not citing sources, because
> whatever I link to probably wasn't actually the source. Me adding
> sources to your article is basically me rewriting the article - your
> work becomes nothing more than copyediting that happened to be done
> before I wrote the article (and yes, that doesn't make sense - that's
> the point I'm trying to make).

That's nonsense that smacks of rules lawyering. You're putting too much 
stock into the behind-the-scenes process and not enough into the 
tangible product, which is equivalent no matter who adds a source that 
backs up the statement.