In this question on preferred referencing conventions, naturally, there is general support for including links to sources in the body of the answer. Ben Brocka also mentions the use of APA inline style e.g., "(Smith & Dean, 2000)" or "Smith and Dean (2000)", etc.
However, should we encourage people to record the full reference at the end of the answer.
For example, something like this (i.e., inline citation and complete end of text reference)
Smith and Dean (2000) did some interesting research on .... blah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blah.
Smith, J. & Dean, B. (2000). The effect of X on Y. Journal of Blah Blah, 23, 22-48.
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