Phil Sandifer wrote:
MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
If people cited their sources in the first place, there wouldn't be any abuse by people using that fact to get it deleted. Any abuse with these policies can be prevented if people just made the effort. I think I'm going to reread those pages and think about rewriting them.
But this is one of the problems. The burden of citing everything is larger than our editors, especially our casual editors, are willing to undertake. We will never reach a point where people will cite their sources in the first place. Hence the prospect of eternally playing catch-up.
The situation is a fact of life that I'm prepared to live with. This does not change the ideal of having well sourced articles. It only accepts natural limitationsd.
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