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Why would Wikipedia be an exception?

Wikipedia offers it's external links via citations

And I guessed a while ago that this is why people on HN sometimes say "citation needed", when someone makes a claim about something.

To me it’s a snide passive-aggressive way of saying “bullshit”, and I can’t help but hear it in the Simpsons Comic Book Guy’s voice.

Probably an exception in the "reason" for clicking hyperlinks, is what came to mind.

Of course another reply notes the clear external vs. internal link approach of wikipedia, too.