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

Wed Nov 29 22:49:11 UTC 2006

A7? God, I hate jargon.

On 11/29/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:04:16 -0700, Bryan Derksen
> <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >There is no criterion for speedy deletion related to the absence of
> >references. Any article listed for speedy deletion on that basis should
> >simply be delisted.
>
> Indeed.  Absence of any claim to validity is what is at issue, and the
> absence of any sources is one of the diagnostic factors.  very few
> sourced articles are flagged for A7.
>
> Guy (JzG)
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