On 5/19/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
If you see an unsourced statement that would be libel if false, and it makes you feel suspicious enough to want to tag it as {{citation needed}}, please do not do that! Please just remove the statement and ask a question on the talk page.
Yes. And this is what we used to do before {{fact}} or its synonyms became widespread. I think that, because {{fact}} is so easy to tag onto something, the practice of moving dubious claims may have decreased somewhat in favor of tagging them. What can we practically do to change this? I think policy alone will not be sufficient, given how ubiquitous {{fact}} has already become.
Perhaps we need a new tag for claims which should be moved within n days unless cited, with its own category for maintenancy. But that might further increase the use of tagging as opposed to talk pages.
Erik