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Here's my take on why we occasionally see this: |
Here's my take on why we occasionally see this: |
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* For some articles (even lengthy ones), the entire article comes from one source (ex.: [[Winterhaven]]). Rather than putting a reference on every paragraph (or statement... where do you stop?) they just list one source. |
* For some articles (even lengthy ones), the entire article comes from one source (ex.: [[Winterhaven]]). Rather than putting a reference on every paragraph (or statement... where do you stop?) they just list one source. |
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− | * For some articles, since we |
+ | * For some articles, since we can't copy the entire text verbatim we therefore summarize the important parts. For further information though, the reader may wish to know how much of the original source to read. |
* For some articles, the important parts only come from one source and we cite those, but another source has other (less important) info (example is [[Winterhaven]] once again). For further info, the reader may wish to know of the other (unused) sources. |
* For some articles, the important parts only come from one source and we cite those, but another source has other (less important) info (example is [[Winterhaven]] once again). For further info, the reader may wish to know of the other (unused) sources. |
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− | Either way though, all of these can be solved one way or another... it |
+ | Either way though, all of these can be solved one way or another... it just requires a little work to add more referencing, or just listing the source in its entirety in the Reference section (rather than split it out into a separate Sources section). |
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− | For example, you mentioned [[Moonsea]] as having some sources that weren't used as references. Namely, both the FRPG and the FRCS 3e/4e have info on Moonsea, but they're not used as references in the article itself. They probably should though -- the person adding the "Sources" section probably didn't have the time (or willing to do the work) of adding the proper references from the FRCS 3e/4e and FRPG. |
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|[[User:SkyeNiTessine|SkyeNiTessine]] 04:10, 26 December 2008 (UTC) |
|[[User:SkyeNiTessine|SkyeNiTessine]] 04:10, 26 December 2008 (UTC) |
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