[WikiEN-l] A much neglected aspect of quality - Bibliographies

Chris Lüer chris at zandria.net
Sat Jun 30 19:15:23 UTC 2007


At 03:09 PM 6/30/2007, Fred Bauder wrote:
>Like many dilemmas faced by Wikipedia, we need to do several things: 
>cite the references actually used; cite easily accessed sources of 
>information, especially online sources; and point the reader to the 
>seminal articles and authorities in the field. These categories need 
>to be set forth in clearly identifiable sections.

For (1) we have the References section, for (2) we have the External 
links section (the two often overlap, of course). For seminal 
articles etc. we need a new section. Maybe call it Literature? Unlike 
the other two, it should not just list sources, but actually discuss them.

         Chris 




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