Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Controversial articles (section)

=== Attribute each sentence, not just a paragraph ===
When you write new content, make it perfectly clear if a footnote is meant to support the whole paragraph or only the last clause before the footnote. For example, start with a clear attribution like "Mr. Smith has written..." If this is not possible and there could be any confusion about the source, it is better to have the same material sourced more than once in the paragraph. Otherwise the subsequent editor either has to retrieve the source (which may be unavailable to that editor or slow to get) or only can estimate the previous editor's intention.  While in such cases some may prefer sourcing every sentence, later editors may find this excessive, remove the extra references. Sentences (and sometimes paragraphs) may contain more than one source, as long as it is clear to future editors which source supports which statement in a sentence. See [[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Bundling citations|bundling citations]] for more information. Later editors who find that part of a paragraph is not properly sourced may put a "citation needed" tag on the questionable material.