Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Embedded citations

Embedded citations



 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was  withdrawn. Pcap ping  13:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC) This page appears to be a guideline fork with no clear status. It's not even added to any categories. Pcap ping  04:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. This has been the accepted practice here ever since the citation system was perfected. If it needs to be in categories, categorize it. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 05:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tothwolf (talk) 05:48, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep This also used to be the only way to do citations prior to footnote templates and later cite.php. We still use embedded citations in things such as tables. For example, List of neutrino experiments ... --Tothwolf (talk) 05:48, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment before withdrawing this nom. I see it has been tagged as an essay. It duplicates to a large extent CITE, but I understand the historical rationale for keeping this around. I'll add a hatnote pointing to the current guideline. Pcap ping  13:52, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
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