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Conservapedia talk:Footnotes - technical help (view source)
Revision as of 11:15, July 13, 2007
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:::I have been asked to comment on this matter. I don't know how I feel about this. The pro argument is that if a link changes you can find it easier. Also, people can see the source. The con argument is that people don't cite enough as it is now and making it more cumbersome might actually deter sourcing. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:54, 12 July 2007 (EDT)
:::I have been asked to comment on this matter. I don't know how I feel about this. The pro argument is that if a link changes you can find it easier. Also, people can see the source. The con argument is that people don't cite enough as it is now and making it more cumbersome might actually deter sourcing. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:54, 12 July 2007 (EDT)
::::Yes, making it more cumbersome might deter providing sources, but then asking people to provide sources might deter them from writing article, too! It is a valid concern, but not one that should dictate what our standards are, in my opinion. And providing just a link does not work when the source is not on-line anyway; in these other cases, we still need to define a style for presenting the information. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:52, 13 July 2007 (EDT)
::::Yes, making it more cumbersome might deter providing sources, but then asking people to provide sources might deter them from writing article, too! It is a valid concern, but not one that should dictate what our standards are, in my opinion. And providing just a link does not work when the source is not on-line anyway; in these other cases, we still need to define a style for presenting the information. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:52, 13 July 2007 (EDT)
*I agree with Philip's take here. Not one rule can fit all, and our focus, always, should be on increasing content at this not mature wiki, where we really don't have the luxury of making it more cumbersome, as Conservative pointed out. Rules need to remain flexible in the formative stages, as we are still in, and can certainly be made to be more in compliance as we progress. Also, there are editors who love nothing more than to fix citations and formatting. Let us not be slaves to procedure at the risk of discouraging contributors who don't care much for formatting rules, and complications. --[[User:TK|<small>Sysop-</small>TK]] <sub>[[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]]</sub> 07:15, 13 July 2007 (EDT)