Talk:Reference

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[edit] Very Ironic

I considered taking a screenshot of this and using it as an image for the Irony page, but then I remembered wikimods don't have a sense of humor Peter Deer 01:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Funniest thing i've seen all week.--Wiggstar69 11:45, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

hahahha hahahah this is brilliant --'n1yaNt 02:11, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

LOL I was actually about to make a post in here about that, but you guys beat me to it.--Flash176 (talk) 05:43, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hahaha me too, motivational poster on the way.

I assumed the not citing references was just a joke 82.16.99.223 (talk) 22:17, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This article isn't referenced

Out of all the articles that aren't referenced in wikipedia, shouldn't this one atleast have a couple?--Brentt 12:04, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

OH THE IRONY!! Yes. You're right. It should. -kotra 05:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] dab

Should this be tagged with {{disambig}}? Gflores ^Talk 07:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the tag from the article because this is not actually a disambiguation page. 75.36.255.227 02:45, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EC250

I can't find any reference to EC250 anywhere. It makes no sense to me that it would ever be used to refer to the concept of a reference section containing all works cited, but only those works. I'm taking it out; if it is in fact valid please add it again, but with a reference. And may I add that of any articles, this should have decent citations. Mike.lifeguard 01:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mathematics

In Mathematics, the absent referent can be seen with the symbol for zero, "0" or the empty set, "{ }".

This issue is much more complex than the sentence above indicates. Some would argue that the empty set and even zero are perfectly respectable objects and not just "nothing". Other would argue that no mathematical symbol has referents. 1Z 14:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal / Character reference section needs expanding

A personal reference, or "character reference" is not only for employment, as the article states. It is also used for legal purposes. During a criminal trial, the accused may produce character references in an attempt to gain a lenient sentance.

[edit] funny

someone has a sense of humor here, an article about Reference needs more References--Termer 08:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scientific Writing Redundancy?

Does the section on referencing in scientific writing not fall under that of Scholarship? If so, the whole scientific writing section should be deleted.