On 5/2/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/30/07, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
There has always been conflict between our need to warn the reader that what they are reading can't be trusted, and our desire for an ultimately clean and professional presentation. Over time, Wikipedia has moved in
the
former direction, towards bolder and more visible warnings, which is not something I would have predicted back in 2003.
My observation is the opposite. Our unreferenced tags are drifting towards the bottom of the article, rather than the top. Many other tags are migrating towards the talk page rather than the article itself. Our "expand this article" tags are disappearing altogether.
I do wish we more use of explicit "disputed" tags instead of the rather passive-aggressive "citation needed" tag, though.
I think both have their uses. I use {{fact}} when I know something is true, but don't know where it can be cited from. I use {{verification needed}} when I think something is not true or probably is not true. Never had to use disputed tags before, though.
Johnleemk