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==Example article==

The article [[Manx (cat)]], on the domestic cat breed, like most cat (and dog, and horse, and orchid, etc.) variety articles needed a lot of work as of late 2011. In particular, even though it linked to many current breed standards, it was missing information on the early history of the variety. Google Books actually turns out to be very useful for old "[[Landrace|natural or traditional breeds]]" like the Manx, because it tends to have the full text of sources that are no longer covered by copyright. One such source was Charles Henry Lane's ''Rabbits, Cats and Cavies: Descriptive Sketches of All Recognized Exhibition Varieties'' (1903) with a detailed if short chapter on the Manx. This piece was "mined" first, and the Wikipedia article vastly improved with it, but this was too rich and complex andan example to make a good case study.

==Example source==