On 4/16/07, Alex Regh Alex.Here@gmx.net wrote:
Hi!
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:31:29 -0700, Silas Snider wrote:
If one kind find no sources, one should not put the fact in the article! This is basic citing policy.
Wasn't that exactly the question? Whether another WP is a potential source or not?
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I should have clarified -- since Wikipedia requires sourcing for these kind of facts (see below for my reasons why this is a good idea) we should use the source from the foreign language wikipedia and not the wikipedia itself. If for some reason, the sources are less precise, or do not contain the data they are claimed to, then the information should be deleted from the foreign article, not added to the english article to assist (intentionally or not) in the promulgation of an inaccuracy.
I firmly believe that if a fact that is not 'common sense' is too trivial to get sources for, it may be that it is too trivial to include.
Sincerely, Silas Snider [[en:User:Simonfairfax]]