On 12/12/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Sam Korn wrote:
On 12/11/05, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
In my opinion it is never acceptable to keep false information in the article namespace. There are places where eventualism is acceptable, but presenting false information as true information is not one of them. Oh well, whatever. Two separate people seem honestly and irreparably opposed to the idea. I'll just drop it.
I agree with you, but with one caveat. It shouldn't be removed, just marked as being unverified. If it is marked as such, Wikipedia specifically abdicates all responsibility for the contents. This way, the information is still available so *anyone* can verify it, admin or not.
The {{unreferenced}} tag pretty much puts this message across, unless the reader is too stupid to breathe without instructions.
- d.
Either the information is easy to be verified, and we should do that, or it isn't, and we should remove it until someone verifies it. Either way I don't see the point of adding a tag.
I'm very afraid that this solution is going to lead to thousands of articles with annoying little self-reference tags on them. And then, what does it mean if an article *doesn't* have this tag? Are we saying that article *has* been verified?
I can see it now: "This Buckinghamshire location article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations." What's next? "This article related to broadcasting in Singapore has spelling mistakes. You can help Wikipedia by fixing the spelling."
Fortunately, Magnus Manske is working on task management support. It's my understanding that it's made for exactly this sort of thing.
Anthony