David Gerard wrote:
(I've been *really annoyed* lately when a fact in an article has a reference ... but it's been tagged {{fact}} because it doesn't have an *online* reference. Suggestion: searching for all articles with "</ref>{{fact" in them and sending 50,000 volts through the chair of anyone who tagged a reference on mere paper.
- d.
One editor recently wrote on the WP:BLPN that he'd delete any negative allegation in a BLP that isn't verifiable with a free online reference, arguing that such a practice is the only way of keeping out libelous material. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_pe...