From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of MacGyverMagic/Mgm
Any suggestions for improved methodology? It might be nice
to harness
the wikipedia population to collect some more general
article quality
metrics...
Steve
I think we can have quite a simply solution to this. Do the same as we did to the images. Stuff which isn't cited within a week, can be speedy deleted like we do with images now. Just make sure it only applies to articles created after date X.
That sounds useful. I once created an article, saved it as one or two sentences and went googling for a source and when I came back to the article, it had, like Mr Wales' bandaid, been ripped off.
May I suggest that if a new article is not sourced within a day, then a warning template be placed on it, and if nothing is forthcoming six days later, then delete it.
Peter (Skyring)