Sam Fentress (Asbestos) wrote:
On 12/21/05, sydney poore poore5@adelphia.net wrote:
If someone provides valid ID (a mixture of distant and current) and gives Wikipedia the correct information, then we should be able to confirm it from outside sources. This is fact-checking not original research. Go Bengals!
But... isn't that the whole point? If we can confirm it from outside sources then we're not discussing anything here. We all know that if we can confirm through outside sources then all is good.
The problem is that I, as a normal editor, have no way of verifying anything when User:Joe_Blog changes something in an article and just cites "Personal Correspondence". Do I leave it there or not? I say not.
It depends on the kind of information involved. If it's routine personal information, it should probably stay.
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