[Foundation-l] Can anyone really edit Wikipedia?

[geni]

2008/9/25 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
> If a reference is used more than once, it's not all in one place
> anyway. It actually solves the issue of someone accidentally deleting
> the text for the ref not realising it is used elsewhere. For refs only
> used once, it makes maintenance of the ref a little harder, but
> maintenance of the rest of the article much easier.

There are areas where articles are likely to rack up a lot of single
use refs. But such a system already exists. Doesn't help a huge
amount. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal#Work_begins



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geni