[OrderlyTiamat]

I think the style could be preserved if the sourcing is done in the style you did here: an aside by the author separate from the main article.

It doesn't have to be paper style in the middle of the article, but it's good if it's present on the page (perhaps behind a button labeled "source disclosure" or similar)

I also think this increases the value I get from pieces like this, in more ways than whether or not my mind was changed. Sourcing might not influence mind changing in particular, but it'll help me if I want to dive deeper in the topic. Just yesterday I had trouble figuring out which paper was referred to by an economist piece by using google scholar queries- if there was a sources section, I'd have known instantly.

[soco]

I also don't see that sourcing as changing the minds of the untrusting, but as avoiding to lose the existing trust.

[halhod]

yes, good point. I am sure this has been discussed internally and not adopted to date for a good reason, but I will think on it more