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information in each place it is needed is complete and utter FAIL. I
am hard-pressed to think of an even more massive violation of good
practices like the DRY Principle*.

Why should I have <ref></ref>s which are 20 lines of {{cite book}}
gunk, when I could just do <ref>[[Seeds in the Heart]], pg 172</ref>?
I just don't see it. It introduces no more risks than the current
system, and makes it easier for out of date bibliographic information
to remain and be propagated.

* https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself

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gwern