Should bibliographies and appendices count toward your word count?

This is an issue that the University has asked for feedback from students on. Let us know what you think!

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It'd be a nightmare if you had to factor in Bibliographies and Appendices when writing an essay - Every time you referenced a new book, or brought in more research, your margin in which to develop your argument shrinks considerably. To compensate, they'd have to increase the number of words allowed per essay - which creates all sorts of imbalances in length. What if, by some freak chance, I only use books with short titles? Or if my appendices include a particularly wordy piece? All sorts of imbalances follow. No, far better just to count the actual essay when conducting a word count.

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(Posted by Anonymous User at Tue 26 Feb 2008)

It's be far too tempting and easy to beef out an essay that was going badly with a lengthy bibliography etc, don't give me that escape clause or I'll take and and my grades will suffer as a result...

It would penalise people who do the most research.