Madbat089

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On citations

I've responded at Talk:Specified complexity#source of citations? to your enquiry, note that citations are required to show verifiability, and that WP:NOR as well as WP:NPOV also apply to article content. For info, here's a copy of my reply:

Like all Wikipedia articles, it's a work in progress. Standards of citation have developed and changed, and we'll need to bring references up to date when time permits! Wikipedia:Citing sources gives the principles, and alternative acceptable ways of doing the references. Generally, we follow the precedent set by citations introduced earlier, but in this case useful info is missing, as you say. For most sources I find it easiest to use this tool, using the drop down menu for the type of source, and clicking on the checkboxes for "Show extended fields" and "Add access date (if relevant)", as well as "Add ref tag" when a new inline cite tag is needed. As an example, this edit formatted the first reference using the tool in that way, and this edit then deleted unused fields. It's important to check the link works and ensure that the source is correctly described. Thanks for the enquiry, dave souza, talk 11:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)