On 12/12/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
I can see it now: "This Buckinghamshire location article does not cite
its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by including
appropriate citations." What's next? "This article related to
broadcasting in Singapore has spelling mistakes. You can help
Wikipedia by fixing the spelling."
Actually, we already have this. It's the {{copyedit}} tag, and it has proven
rather useful to editors who do not speak English as a foreign language to
draw attention to articles they need to have checked for spelling,
punctuation and grammar. I think this isn't a terrible analogy for the
{{cleanup-verified}} tag, which also already exists and I have been using
for some time. If an article subject is out of my area of expertise for
verification, or I simply don't have the time, I will use this tag to draw
attention to the problem.
Really, the problem of unsourced material on Wikipedia is serious, so I
don't think we should look on potential solutions with sarcasm and disdain.
Ryan