[WikiEN-l] insist on sources

[Anthony]

On 7/20/06, ScottL <scott at mu.org> wrote:
>    I don't know.  I think we can go too far in referencing every fact in
> an article.  Do you need a verifiable reference to say that Harry potter
> and the Half blood prince is a work of fiction?  I mean if that is the
> standard then every article on wikipedia needs {{fact}} plastered all
> over it.
>
IMO "obvious" facts don't need a reference tag, but they do need a
source under the ==References== heading which contains the fact.

As for use of the {{fact}} tag, maybe there are situations where a
source is needed but that tag shouldn't be used.

Anthony