On 6/29/07, Eugene van der Pijll eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote:
The Cunctator schreef:
Some groups[*attribution needed <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words%3E*] oppose these measures.
Can we PLEASE make a blanket ban on editorial footnotes in the middle of sentences?
No. It's important that a sentence without a citation is marked "citation needed",
I'm not arguing against that. Though it should be STRONGLY prefered that people find the citation themselves, if they so care.
that a phrase containing weasel words is marked
"contains weasel words",
Change weasel words. THIS IS A WIKI.
and that a word with a spelling error is marked
"spelled wrong".
Fix spelling errors. THIS IS A WIKI. Are you seriously advocating that a spelling error should be marked with a footnote *instead* of being fixed?
How else would the reader know there is something wrong with the text?
Because the reader is not an idiot.