[WikiEN-l] insist on sources

Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler at gmail.com
Wed Jul 19 20:48:52 UTC 2006


On 7/19/06, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually there are times when leaving something as "common knowledge" is
> better than providing a source.  Recently there was a discussion at
> [[Evolution]] about a statement to the effect that evolution was considered
> to be responsible for the vast diversity of living things and whether to
> source that statement.

A strong reference policy does not invalidate the hints to avoid weaseling.

Mathias



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