I think we could all be less arsey at each other. But, that’s just my general rant every
time a spat happens.
But on the wider point; it’s important to make sure BLPs are well sourced BECAUSE people
failing to do so in the past has created a massive backlog of BLPs without any sourcing.
Creating more is compounding the problem, and sets a really bad example for newbies.
It’s a pain, and it takes more time, but is important to do because long term we will reap
the rewards.
Creating lots of stubs with minimal or no sourcing is bound to leave some without
improvement for some time. Right now you and others have your eye on them, and that’s
good, but what about in 5 years time? The reason the requirement was brought in for all
BLPs to require a RS was to help address this important problem.
I understand what you’re saying about the construction tags being off-putting to newbies;
but the problem is that without it, you’re going to get either a BLP-Prod or a maintenance
template (which is totally valid) - and I’d say that would be even more of putting. Saying
SOFIXIT to such arguments does’t work in this case because you’re working on a project so
know which sources to use.
Perhaps the solution is to have a project specific under construction template, with
better wording than currently.
But the bottom line, as someone who spent a significant portion of their early wiki-career
dealing with BLP crud, is that the rules are in place, in this case, for a specific and
very valid reason. It only takes 30 seconds or so to comply with them, and it makes
everyone’s lives a lot easier :)
As a final point; when you’re a prominent figure in the training world of Wikipedia, it’s
definitely a good idea to make sure everything you add is sourced as soon as possible.
It’s about setting an example :)
Do those arguments hold any sway?
Cheers,
Tom
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On 10 February 2014 at 19:22:55, Andy Mabbett (andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk) wrote:
On 10 February 2014 18:27, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
This is a prime example of the sort of things causing
editor decline;
along with the sort of asshattery which saw Andy Mabbett threatened with
a block (on BLP grounds) for creating a one-line stub about an MEP.
Given that politicians are a prime target for BLP trolls, it wasn't
unreasonable to ask him to actually get it right IMO.
I did. HTH.
Sadly it can never just be a discussion; someone has
to get the tone a bit
wrong, Andy has an outburst at them, the rest is history.
There was no "outburst"; unless you mean the one where the admin who
wanted to block me compared my saying "X is an MEP" to someone saying
"John Smith has a massive penis". But nice try at an ad hominem smear.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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