On 02/03/2015 03:49 AM, FRED BAUDER wrote:
Absence of a source is the usual cause for material
disappearing; not
that, even with a good source material, may be removed by someone with
an agenda. Perhaps a note on the editing window about citing a source
would help. When you first start editing you imagine that because you
know something simply saying it is enough, particularly if you are
expert in the field.
It does say, "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable." (with
"verifiable" a link) at the top. However, I don't know how many people
read this, and it could be clearer that really it's best to provide a
citation right away (rather than it just being possible to add one).
Matt Flaschen