Talk:Hal Corley

Quotes within references
They are a courtesy to facilitate the verification of references. Truncated quotes are helpful for readers wanting to learn more without having to fish out the exact text from the source; at the same time, we truncate the quotes to avoid WP:COPYVIO issues. A guideline is ...Long quotations may also be hidden in the reference or as a footnote to facilitate verification by other editors without sacrificing readability... and also ...A quotation allows readers to immediately identify the applicable portion of the reference...... Further, if the link to the reference becomes a dead link (which happens over time) the quote within the reference might give more assurance that the reference had been genuine.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:12, 7 August 2021 (UTC)