[Wikipedia-l] Wikicite project pages (english versions only so far)

Wed Feb 9 23:21:11 UTC 2005

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:40:05 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think a very important issue here is whether to add cites to
> articles that we don't know what sources were used.
> 
> If I wrote the entire text of [[Japanese language]] (which I didn't,
> this is just an example), without a cite, it would be a very horrible
> thing in my mind if somebody added a cite for a book I'd never even
> heard of. It's simply not accurate, and in some cases the book may not
> even be a good resource.
> 
> Whenever somebody adds a random cite to an article written mostly or
> entirely by me, I remove it unless I actually DID use that source.
> It's very irritating to have people doing that, almost like bees, who
> while they make honey also tend to annoy people.

Hmm. If something is common knowledge to specialists in the field
(sounds contradictory, I know) then any reliable cite documenting this
will do, not just the one you've used.