Talk:The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

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It is interesting that Poe spoke of a magician who called upon lightning before the days of Tesla. A reference to a magician who played with lightning so blatantly, yet referenced before the event, might lead to more entertaining, however quickly dismissed, theories of his arrival from the future.

Why so many references?[edit]

Why are there something like five references in the lede, a section which often has no references at all? Apparently all those references confirm the story's name, author, and publication date/location. But then there are no references anywhere else in the article? This is a poor choice and ultimately leaves the entire article unverifiable. --Midnightdreary (talk) 13:56, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As for lack of references under Wonders and anomalies described, is there any real need? In context it seems plain that all the quotes are from the story, of which the full text (at Wikisource) is easily reached via the first of the External links. What more in the way of citation would be worth adding? Page numbers? This is a short story, not a long volume. (Besides, at the full-text link, the page numbers don't always work properly, or so it seems.) Given the full text in electronic format, the easy way to find the quotes is to simply search on some keyword. In view of this, I do not see that lack of detailed citations "leaves the entire article unverifiable."

Would it be sufficient (or even necessary?) just to add a general note at the beginning or end of the Wonders and anomalies section stating that the quotes are from the story (if that is not already exceedingly obvious), and pointing out the full-text link below? If so, perhaps the note could add that the list is only a sampling of the many more to be found in the full text. 2601:601:1501:8320:5537:1946:167A:6324 (talk) 07:07, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]