[Wikipedia-l] Fwd: partnering with nytimes to avoid registration

[Christopher Mahan]

--- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee at piclab.com> wrote:

> Yes, direct links without registration would be nice, but I wonder
> about the idea of encyclopedia articles linking to newspaper
> reports
> in general. 

I have a twist on that notion.

Since when does an encyclopedia have to quote sources of its
information? Isn't the point of an encyclopedia to be authoritative,
a resource which is quoted by others?

I don't mind a link. I don't mind external resources. To me they fall
under the "see also" heading.

As far as articles in development, yes, sources should be quotes to
allow fellow editors to check and recheck and so on, but once the
article is formalized, all that should just go to the talk page.

Makes sense?

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Christopher Mahan
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