It was really for the Google ranking. Give the curious a plain overview that they could trust because, wikipedia. but hey ho
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Would using the various GitHub repositories not work for references?
No idea. Seemed very formal and I was pissed off by then. I've never reacted well to academia...(years ago a Uni suggested my work should be written up as a PhD. Then they asked who would referree it. I suggested that was a them problem, but there wasn't anyone who as much about the subject as me. There were literally only 2 of us in the field, and we were competitors..end of chat:-)