User blog comment:HiccstridFan92/Should we use internal references or not?/@comment-26219548-20170515074326

While I can understand the benefits of having internal references and will willingly accept it if implemented, I still believe that using external references only is the proper way. The references section is meant to be like the Bibliography section of any scholary essay or report. And while most wikis allow internal references, do note that the top wikis by the WAM score like Disney and Marvel do not use these. And Wikipedia, the supposed benchmark for wikias, follows this system too. Though I feel that both systems have their strengths, the external references one is undeniably the proper way. Whether or not we are willing to break out of this norm, that I don't have much of an opinion on.