On 3/1/06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/1/06, charles matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Slim Virgin wrote My concern, and I see it too often, is that material is cut because it
is
unsourced, and only because of that.
The 'instrumentalist' view, that policy is to be used to rule one's own
edits
in, and the edits of others out, is a menace, in fact.
Realistically, when is this a problem, Charles? I confess to being bewildered when people complain about the need to find sources. If their edit is correct, why can't they source it?
Are they actually refusing to source it. Or is the material simply being removed without so much as an attempt to engage in serious dialogue?
It's all theoretical, Ray. In reality, simple facts are not being removed from articles. However, POV and Original research are challenged and, when no reliable sources can be found, they are removed.
Jay.