User:Smmurphy/Citation Revolution

At first there was just html. Everything2 taught us to link everything, then to link only what was relevant. Then again, maybe linking everything was ok. Then WikiPedia came along. We learned that our powers could be used for good. Perhaps we could create something useful. But our credibility was challenged, and our self-confidence faltered. Some came out of the desert, claiming they had seen the promised land. A land where every sentence was grounded in an unshakable degree of credibility. Where no OR was as indelible as the five pillars might have been. For a time, some went around citing each and every sentence. Others saw that as over doing it. Tensions flared in places, but it was realized that citations were a good thing. The revolution was begining, no one knew how broad the movement would become. Discussions took place in hallowed halls. Those in power knew that change was coming. No one knew if it would bring success. If credibility would be restored. If peace could reign again.