[WikiEN-l] Proposal: Article Improvement Weeks! (was Turn off article creation AND deletion.)

Mon Dec 12 22:02:25 UTC 2005

Sam Korn wrote:
> On 12/11/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:

>>In my opinion it is never acceptable to keep false information in the
>>article namespace.  There are places where eventualism is acceptable,
>>but presenting false information as true information is not one of
>>them.
>>Oh well, whatever.  Two separate people seem honestly and irreparably
>>opposed to the idea.  I'll just drop it.

> I agree with you, but with one caveat.  It shouldn't be removed, just
> marked as being unverified.  If it is marked as such, Wikipedia
> specifically abdicates all responsibility for the contents.  This way,
> the information is still available so *anyone* can verify it, admin or
> not.

The {{unreferenced}} tag pretty much puts this message across, unless
the reader is too stupid to breathe without instructions.

- d.