On 10/17/08, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipedia(a)zog.org> wrote:
In these particular instances the links were replaced
by {{fact}}, which
is--to my mind--the worst of all options: it makes it look as if there never
were proper sources for the statement, or actually worse: the "citation
needed" make it look as if the statements are somehow controversial. Not to
mention that they now run the risk of being deleted.
Well, creating backlogs is more fun than dealing with them.
I'd compare this to editors who replace all cited "off-line" sources
(those without a url) by {{fact}}. I'm not sure whether this is
stupidity or part of a larger deletionist black op.
—C.W.