User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20121212231649/@comment-1317169-20121218135553

Rowan Earthwood wrote: I think too much is being made of the terminology. Whether or not "invalid" articles have "continuity," the information normally organized into the continuity section may still be of interest to readers.

They have just been moved to the talk page, not deleted or hidden away. They can easily go there is they are that interested.

Rowan Earthwood wrote: If the continuity and reference sections were merged wiki-wide, as this thread proposes, it seems like it wouldn't even be an issue, and no one would seriously argue that the reference sections should be stripped from invalid articles and hidden away in their talk pages

It would still matter. They are being merged. So there would still be continuity. The merge would not make them the same thing. Anything that was continuity would be removed.

As for references. I would keep them, but do not create links to any of the articles.