[WikiEN-l] Verifiability

Fri Dec 16 01:16:12 UTC 2005

Yes, the hand work involved in responding to complaints, takes a lot  
of resources too. To say nothing of damage to our reputation and  
possible litigation.

Fred

On Dec 15, 2005, at 8:59 AM, <slimvirgin at gmail.com>  
<slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/15/05, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/13/05, Jon <thagudearbh at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>   Is there any reason why we don't introduce immediately a rule  
>>> that says all new information added to an article must be sourced  
>>> or referenced or the edit will automatically be reverted? And any  
>>> new articles must be sourced or referenced within two hours, say,  
>>> of their creation, or will be speedily deleted?
>>>
>>>
>> We don't have the rescources to police this.
>>
>>
> We could make a start by introducing such a rule for biographies of
> living people. We have to provide a source when we upload an image or
> risk that it be deleted in short order. And yet there's so such
> requirement when adding a claim about a living person that could
> potentially damage them. That discrepancy suggests we have our
> priorities upside down.
>
> Sarah
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