On 17/09/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/17/06, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
Every other policy we have on Wikipedia explicitly gives editors a wide berth to interpret it on a case-by-case basis. This is, for instance, the whole reason [[WP:NPOV]] works. But increasingly, [[WP:V]] and [[WP:RS]] are written to be applied by machine. We need to return to trusting that editors will be able to work out what a reliable source is on a topic by topic basis, given a set of general guidelines on the matter. I have in the past recommended basing these guidelines on _The Craft of Research_, a book published by UChicago Press. This has long been one of the standard academic research manuals. It's flexible, sensible, and respected - exactly what we want and need.
You want book length policy pages? No thankyou.
We have book-length policy pages. At least we could have one that's good and usable.
- d.