[Wikipedia-l] Central bibliography

[Ray Saintonge]

Francis Tyers wrote:

>I completely agree that a centralised repository of references/
>citations would be desirable, not only would we be able to see
>which books are used where, but possibly (if people think it 
>wise) to see who has which books/articles.
>
>For example, I have many journal articles that I have photocopied
>from the British Library (my department paid for it) that I would 
>be happy to look up information in for people. They can't be 
>distributed because of copyright reasons, but if someone comes along,
>sees that I've cited it and asks me a question about the paper, I 
>would have no problem in looking it up etc.
>
Taking that a step further:  User A has made a statement, and claims 
that it is supported by a specific reference.  User B questions the 
claim and its source.  User C has registered his ownership of the source 
in the Central bibliography.  User B can then ask User C to check the 
claim to see if it is really in that source, or to see if it has been 
misquoted or, more frequently, misunderstood.

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