ChillumTx A few points First of all I believe that in our conversation here is a sockpuppet of Betty Logan Would you be able to verify that or let me know how we can have that checked I ve asked her and she hasn t responded If you look at Smiley589 s edit history and the nature of her comment I think you ll see why I suspect this Second the material in question was not likely to be challenged As was pointed out before this was not a list of fat actors or anything of that nature which is what the likely to be challeneged language is aimed at Nor was the material itself challenged in fact it was only the form of the citation not the material itself that was likely to be challenged As to inline citations you left out the NB footnote to that sentence which in relevant part states When content in Wikipedia requires direct substantiation the established convention is to provide an inline citation to the supporting references The rationale is that this provides the most direct means to verify whether the content is consistent with the references Alternative conventions exist and are acceptable if they provide clear and precise attribution for the article s assertions but inline citations are considered best practice under this rationale The citation form that I used was acceptable and provided the same information with a click of the keyboard that an inline citation provided Also nobody suggested using Wikipedia as a source What was suggested was the use of reference by inline citation of the subject to Wikipedia articles that in turn have proper acceptable citations of the subject matter in question Finally there are tons of featured lists on Wikipedia that do not have inline citations for each entry on the list If someone starts deleting the lists on those entries as Betty did not only here but in the past with other editors from the above conversations though Betty has deleted some of the evidence above I would expect a hue and cry followed if the behavior continued by administrative action See e g List of American Idol finalists List of Megadeth band members List of Manchester United F C players List of Harry Potter cast members List of popes graphical List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients List of current Canadian senators Aston Villa F C statistics and records Dischord Records discography