I've asked a few times, but I'll do so again,
more bluntly: How do you
intend to encourage this, beyond occasional rants to this mailing
list? Are we authorised to make big changes to WP:V and claim that
Jimbo said it was ok? How far are we going with this? Is it just a
cultural change, or policy change?
Steve
First mailing here, not sure I have the formatting in accordance with the
norm, but hopefully it will suffice.
I would like to know the answer to this as well. The amazing ambivalence
towards uncited information in articles, even those where the lack of
citation puts the article into significant NPOV violation, is appalling. If
we could require sources on any significant addition, especially to
controversial articles, it would solve some of the content and NPOV disputes
in serious articles. It would also be of benefit in our fandom driven
articles, as stricter sourcing rules would be enable us to slash out
speculative "information" without hesitation.
I recently added a note on the Template:Fact page cautioning about its use
on biography pages, based on a message Jimbo posted here on the 12th, but
considering the way people ignored the previous caution on using it on info
that appeared false, I don't expect it to have much of an impact.
--tjstrf
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