On 3/3/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
References SHOULD NEVER BE REMOVED unless alternative references for the referenced facts are found or the information those references support is removed from the article. To do otherwise is completely against the spirit of our verifiability and sourcing policies and practise.
...or the references are genuinely bogus. Not as in, "exists but is no good", but is in, "made it up to support my cause". (yes I've seen this)
Steve