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		capnrefsmmat on May 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Edge of the Creative Commons (2013) Because Wikipedia makes the complete edit history of every page available, they suggest simply giving a link to the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_co...

blueskin_ on May 15, 2014 [–]

Wouldn't giving a pointer to the specific point in the edit history you sourced it from (so people can dig backwards if they care to) be enough? I'd have guessed so (IANAL, etc.).

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