[WikiEN-l] When Unsourced Isn't That Bad

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Thu Apr 12 01:14:45 UTC 2007


Phil Sandifer wrote:

> I figure we can tell a newbie maybe (maybe) three things. Because,
>
>well, we don't want to overwhelm them or try to Taylorize them.
>
>#1 has to be NPOV. Period. End of discussion.
>#2 should be to use talk pages, as they remain somewhat non-obvious.
>#3 could then be "cite sources," but I think verifiability is vastly  
>more important for this.
>
Three principles to cluefullness shouldn't be too tough for them.  Most 
of them will gladly comply unless someone overly zealous gets on their 
case through choosing to be too litral.

Ec




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