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I have never seen Wikipedia censored as it just was. What is the most harmful thing that could've been added with 75 characters? Links to surviving copies of the Liberator blueprints? The article more or less tells you how to find them as it is. Connor Behan ( talk) 18:44, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Also http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/14/diy-firearms-makers-already-replicating-and-remixing-the-3d-printed-gun-photos/ User:Fred Bauder Talk 12:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/31/gun-control-just-got-even-more-difficult/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/23/govt-memo-warns-3d-printed-guns-may-be-impossible-to-stop/
(Probably can find non-fox refs for the second one) Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3680235 Terrorist96 ( talk) 03:24, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
A lot of the information in this article is cited more like a term paper than an encyclopedia article. There are several instances of citation overkill ( WP:OVERKILL) and needless repetition. This is not only unnecessary, but it also makes the article nearly impossible to read in edit mode, thus making it difficult to add to or edit.
Many of the sources used for citations are good, but this by itself does not mean it should be included. Wikipedia articles should not be link farms. Cite when necessary for verifiability, but consider that if information is not likely to be challenged (i.e. straight, factual information), you don't need multiple citations to prove a point.
Additionally, do not cite terms in a sentence with a source, and then add the same source to site the sentence. This is an example of needless repetition ( WP:REPCITE). There is also no need to cite each sentence in a paragraph with the same source - just provide the source one time at the end. I've removed some of both of these types of instances.
If someone does want to bring back some of the additional references and is not overciting, try to use a style that avoids inline citation clutter ( WP:INLINECITECLUTTER).
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I have never seen Wikipedia censored as it just was. What is the most harmful thing that could've been added with 75 characters? Links to surviving copies of the Liberator blueprints? The article more or less tells you how to find them as it is. Connor Behan ( talk) 18:44, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Also http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/14/diy-firearms-makers-already-replicating-and-remixing-the-3d-printed-gun-photos/ User:Fred Bauder Talk 12:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/31/gun-control-just-got-even-more-difficult/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/23/govt-memo-warns-3d-printed-guns-may-be-impossible-to-stop/
(Probably can find non-fox refs for the second one) Gaijin42 ( talk) 15:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3680235 Terrorist96 ( talk) 03:24, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
A lot of the information in this article is cited more like a term paper than an encyclopedia article. There are several instances of citation overkill ( WP:OVERKILL) and needless repetition. This is not only unnecessary, but it also makes the article nearly impossible to read in edit mode, thus making it difficult to add to or edit.
Many of the sources used for citations are good, but this by itself does not mean it should be included. Wikipedia articles should not be link farms. Cite when necessary for verifiability, but consider that if information is not likely to be challenged (i.e. straight, factual information), you don't need multiple citations to prove a point.
Additionally, do not cite terms in a sentence with a source, and then add the same source to site the sentence. This is an example of needless repetition ( WP:REPCITE). There is also no need to cite each sentence in a paragraph with the same source - just provide the source one time at the end. I've removed some of both of these types of instances.
If someone does want to bring back some of the additional references and is not overciting, try to use a style that avoids inline citation clutter ( WP:INLINECITECLUTTER).