[Foundation-l] Enforcing WP:CITE the Soi case

Fri Dec 2 18:49:42 UTC 2005

As Danny has repeatedly mentioned, normal published textbooks, including 
encyclopedias, have every single fact cited and checked before the 
publisher will go on with printing the book. These citations aren't made 
public, but they are done, nonetheless. Why should we be any different? 
This doesn't necessarily mean putting 1000 sources in the reference 
section. There are other options we can consider, or new ways of citing 
content online, that are different from the methods used in printed books.

Jim wrote:

>On 12/2/05, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>>>>>On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
>>>>>Having citations is a good thing but please realise that it is best
>>>>>used when controversies arise.
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>>>>SJ wrote:
>>>>Having citations is fundamental to being a good reference work.
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>>>>This is *not* ( I say it again ) related to deletion policy.
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>>Walter van Kalken wrote:
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>>>Yes SJ you will be able to handle it in a correct matter and so will
>>>many other wikipedians.
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>The policy says: "The goal of Wikipedia is to become a complete and reliable
>encyclopedia. Verifiability is the key to becoming a reliable resource, so
>editors should cite credible
>sources<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cite_sources>so that
>their edits can be easily verified by readers and other editors."
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>I see no problem with citing to "the experience of anyone in the society."
>And although a controversy may arise - usually something so common will have
>citations available somewhere and smart people will be able to find them -
>as they did here. If not, as someone else said - appeal to common sense.
>
>Jim
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