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[edit] Footnotes

Howdy,

Saw your note on Jimbo's talk page. There are actually an increasing number of pages that use the footnotes instead of linking directly to the source. There are two major reasons for this: first, it means that users don't have to actually go to the source in question to figure out what it is and why it's relevant; they get a description of the source right there on the page, but not in the middle of the article where it would detract from readability and focus. And second, it's a great way to cite books and other non-electronic media, because obviously you can't wikilink to hardcopy texts. And if you're going to do it for books, you might as well do it for all the sources on a page, so the references are treated uniformly. (It probably lessens server load a little bit, but not a ton. Still, every bit counts.) I agree: it is slightly more of a hassle, both in writing them, and using them (if you want to go straight to the reference without getting a description first), but ultimately it leads to better organization and layout of Wikipedia.

I hope this helped answer your question. Cheers, JDoorjam Talk 21:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bush Crimes Commission

You are invited to vote in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bush Crimes Commission (2nd nomination) Morton devonshire 20:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

  • um, yeah, anon users can't actually vote--152.163.100.69 20:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
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