"as per the sources cited here" is exactly the way to do it-- the usual academic equivalent is "per X, and the references cited therein". Something should certainly be stated, not just be implied. This might be a good way of documenting lists, where the reasons for the individual items are in the articles on the items.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Of course! What's unfortunate is that some people are more comfortable with hard rules than with reasonableness. There are times when citing another Wikipedia article is perfectly appropriate.
Citing a particular revision, perhaps - the live article is too moving a target. And it should only be done as a 'per the sources cited here' way - the Wikipedia article itself is not the reliable source, but perhaps it might be worthwhile on occasion to refer to the set of references in an article collectively.
-Matt
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