[Foundation-l] Enforcing WP:CITE - reacting and overreacting

Thu Dec 1 06:32:55 UTC 2005

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:

> 
>In a message dated 11/30/2005 7:09:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
>chris at starglade.org writes:
>
>I wasn't  talking about the article in question, I was talking in general 
>about the  kinds of pages on my watchlist where this happens (which are 
>mainly  politics/philosophy-related). Sorry for the  misunderstanding.
>
>Chris
>
>
>I still contend that we should not just be randomly removing material that  
>isnt sourced. We should not be working on the assumption that the material is  
>inaccurate. Rather than removing material, ask for sources or find people to  
>help source it. I want us to start with the assumption that the material is  
>good, unless proven otherwise, not that it is bad, unless proven good. Just  
>removing people's good-faith edits is not improving wikipedia either. 
> 
>Danny
>
That was precisely what I tried to point out with my soi example.

Walter/Waerth