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

Sat Dec 3 23:28:15 UTC 2005

Brian wrote:

> Walter van Kalken wrote:
>
>> daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Ridicule? No. I am simply disappointed that you can even make such 
>>> a  statement. It shows me that we have very radically different 
>>> ideas about what an  encyclopedia is. Providing correct information 
>>> is not something I am willing to  compromise. I had hoped that this 
>>> sentiment was shared by all of Wikipedia's  editors and contributors.
>>> Danny
>>
>> Yes this sentiment is shared Danny. But it is like Sabine said. In 
>> many cases you just know things. You simply forgot where you heard 
>> them. Also many things are sourced only in languages other than 
>> english. I have already seen an article on en.wikipedia deletion list 
>> which was put on there because it was not considered to have had a 
>> source. Its source was a German text which was linked! And a Dutch 
>> wikipedia article. This wasn't considered enough because it was not 
>> English. So if I put up a Thai source in Thai would it be accepted as 
>> sourced?
>>
>> Some things are just common knowledge. I would much rather see a 
>> wikipedia editor, especially a trusted one as a source in some cases.
>
> Just because you have identified possible exceptions to the rule 
> doesn't mean the whole thing should be thrown out. There are always 
> exceptions which are more difficult to work with. The fact that some 
> sources aren't in English doesn't mean all sources should be thrown out. 

What language a source is in shouldn't matter at all.  If you absolutely 
need one in English then add it rather than treating a foreign language 
source as inferior.

Ec