I have just completed and written up a little research project of mine: http://www.gwern.net/In%20Defense%20Of%20Inclusionism#the-editing-community-is-dead-who-killed-it
Summary: 1. Talk pages are where references/links/citations go to die; less than 10% ever make it back 2. In just the sampled edits, millions of page-views are affected 3. Conclusion: putting references/links/citations in an Article's Talk page is a bad idea (compared to External Links) Numbers, source code, and lists of edits are provided in the link. -- gwern http://www.gwern.net _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
