Mathias Schindler wrote:
On 7/20/06, ScottL scott@mu.org wrote:
I don't know. I think we can go too far in referencing every fact in an article. Do you need a verifiable reference to say that Harry potter and the Half blood prince is a work of fiction? I mean if that is the standard then every article on wikipedia needs {{fact}} plastered all over it.
Again, have a look at the article in question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth novel in J. K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter series. There are seven novels planned."
At least the part about the seventh novel can and should be referenced. By the way, the last sentence is starting to weasel. Who exactly is planning: The publisher, the author, the marketing department?
Mathias
I'm not sure I would call that weaseling since I don't think the person who wrote it was trying to get away with saying something they could not prove. We don't wasn't to over load our terms that we are using to admonish people lets they lose their meaning. That is simply an example of laziness or apathy. But i take your point.
Dalf