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A few folks (part of an informal Sunday GP watching group) have made the following comments:

Multiple reference citations [1][2][3] are hard to read for older people with diminishing eyesight when reading webpages at 100% screen display. This age-group regards it as a bonus to be able to still read web pages at browser default resolution over those having to boost any webpage to 125% if not 150% screen display which throws text or any embedded table off the screen to make scrolling left to right a necessity. In response, I started to provide a single space between such reference clusters: [4] [5] [6] which was reported to improve "readability" and solve the "blurring-together" problem that a significant number of readers appear to experience. In view of the fact that a huge data source like Wikipedia can not provide alternate display resolutions to accommodate everyone, I found this method to be a benign and easy way to improve general text layout for the above mentioned reason. This includes table layouts.

Col. 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Col. 8
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus So Slow, it took 4 ever Real
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus So Slow, it took 4 ever Real
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus So Slow, it took 4 ever Real
This is easier to read because there are spaces from one cell to the next by default Real
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus So Slow, it took 4 ever Real

This is easier to read:

Col. 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Col. 8
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus Real fast Real
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus Fast too Real
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus 3 laps down Real
This table is easy to read because the cells are not crammed side to side with text Real
When? Real long race names that go on forever 3 Wheel Racing Unpronounceable Driver Name Unmentionable Car Spec Team Romulus It took 4 ever Real


References

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  1. ^ "Reference Example 1". google.com. Retrieved MAY 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Reference Example 2". google.com. Retrieved MAY 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Reference Example 3". google.com. Retrieved MAY 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Reference Example 1". google.com. Retrieved MAY 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "Reference Example 2". google.com. Retrieved MAY 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ "Reference Example 3". google.com. Retrieved MAY 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)