On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:39:22 +1100, "Steve Bennett" stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
- Any statement that if false would be harmful, must be traceable to a source.
- Any statement that could never be backed up by a reliable source
should not be included.
- Where possible, provide sources to help readers determine the
accuracy of statements.
The corollaries of these three rules are that non-trivial, non-harmful statements don't *have* to be cited, but *should* be. This is what most people *do*, but is not what our policies *say*.
Anyone agree?
Of course. The problem, though, is those who write what they see as self-evidently true, but which is not self-evident to others. Or maybe is considered flat wrong by others.
Guy (JzG)