[WikiEN-l] original research, sources, and verification

Thu Jan 20 21:44:36 UTC 2005

>From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
>
>The phrase "you should actively search for" does not imply that the less 
>autoritative ones should be excluded, only that better ones should be 
>included.  By adding a caveat to a dubious reference it forewarns the user 
>of a possible problem.  When that same reference is deleted from the 
>article the warning goes with it, and our poor user is left to Google and 
>flounder on his own.  He will probably find the site anyway, and have to 
>waste his own time determining that the site is pure trash.

And what form should that "caveat" take?  "Warning, this site is run by 
kooks"?

Jay.