On 10/5/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
In general, I find the {{fact}} tagging to be overdone in Wikipedia. A better option is to nuke the unsourced material. Sometimes {{fact}} is warranted, I don't mean that it is always a bad idea. But it is overdone.
I very often see completely preposterous claims tagged with {{fact}}, usually because an editor is being excessively cautious. Be bold. :)
--Jimbo
I agree, but in this case summarily removing all of the unsourced statements will result in a revert, or a revert war. If you place {{fact}} on all of the statements instead, it is much easier to delete them a week from now.