I was under the impression that the point of transclusion is to ensure no actual copying occurs -- that every quotation or paraphrasing of a prior work is expli

I was under the impression that the point of transclusion is to ensure no actual copying occurs -- that every quotation or paraphrasing of a prior work is explicitly connected to to the prior work, ensuring the "truth" of the quotation and the connection to its own foundations. If this doesn't point to a single version of something, if the provenance of the source isn't provable, I'm not sure I understand the point of the strong source linking. Unless I'm misunderstanding your comment.