[WikiEN-l] "Reliable sources" guideline being treated as absolute policy

Wed Nov 29 22:48:20 UTC 2006

You know, it's not that damn critical to have people include sources when
they add something to Wikipedia. In my experience, 99% of the time a quick
google finds a source for info (that isn't just obvious opinion).

It's not that big a deal.

On 11/28/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I see no reason why we should be flexible about sources. If it hasn't got
> sources it can be deleted, regardless whether this is a policy or a
> guideline. It may be kept if someone bothers to find the sources the
> author
> should have included, but that might not happen.
>
> The only way to make people use sources is hammering it in, because no
> matter how many times it is said, people will ignore it. Perhaps deletion
> will get some backsides into gear.
>
> Mgm
>
>
> On 11/28/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/28/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > That wording seems to change from day to day. I'm not sure where the
> > > discussion about its wording is held. For a while it insisted on
> > > copyright violations. Sometimes it mentions nonsense, sometimes it
> > > does. Sometimes it says "may be deleted", other times it's "will".
> >
> > It's in [[MediaWiki:Newarticletext]]. There may be some discussion on
> > the talk page there.
> >
> > --
> > Stephen Bain
> > stephen.bain at gmail.com
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