[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)

[James Hare]

You have to cite all your claims in school, so why not Wikipedia?

On 12/27/06, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/26/06, Ryan Wetherell <renardius at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/26/06, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 12/26/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > No, a source is only required for anything that is disputed. That's
> > > pretty fundamental, WP:V. Quite workable and highly desirable.
> > >
> > > Jay.
> >
> > And it goes above and beyond just WP.  Citations of claims,
> > inferences/conclusions/derived statements, and non-obvious factual
> > statements (that is, not common knowledge [taking the arbitrary nature
> > of "common knowledge" into consideration, of course]) are simply an
> > academic "must" if you aim to be taken seriously.  That's how I
> > interpret relevant Wikipedia policies, and how I apply them.
>
> That's the point; if Wikipedia is going to become a source of
> knowledge that is taken seriously, instead of being continually
> derided, its standards are going to be have to be high, rather than
> "it's ridiculous that I should have to cite all of my claims".
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