Jimmy Wales wrote:
I am sure you will agree with me that a link to a list of students, which did not even at that time contain the name, along with a link to a login page which is alleged to contain the name, does not constitute an "appropriate external source".
_Obviously_ a link to a list of students that doesn't actually contain the name in question is a bad reference to support the statement that a person is a student there. It's a reference that doesn't support the statement, there a bad reference, but it's still a reference.
The problem is that this is not obvious unless one actually _checks_ the reference. This statement would not have been touched by a "nuke any unreferenced statements" policy, so it is not a good example to use in support of implementing any such policy.