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"Further reading"

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I just wanted to mention that "further reading" sections are quite a doubtful proposition - what are they for, exactly? The most obvious purpose is as a place for authors and publishers to advertise their wares, when they can't be bothered to use facts from them in articles and so weave them in properly. Other editors may sometimes make use of them, when a major source obviously needs weaving in, but they haven't the time or energy to do it, but such things do tend to languish for years without further attention - making the lists the dustbin of all knowledge. Mmm.

So, perhaps, you don't feel quite so keen to add books to "further reading" sections now. Maybe it'd be more fun to work on actual article text... All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:19, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

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