You have to cite all your claims in school, so why not Wikipedia?
On 12/27/06, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/26/06, Ryan Wetherell renardius@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/26/06, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/26/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
No, a source is only required for anything that is disputed. That's pretty fundamental, WP:V. Quite workable and highly desirable.
Jay.
And it goes above and beyond just WP. Citations of claims, inferences/conclusions/derived statements, and non-obvious factual statements (that is, not common knowledge [taking the arbitrary nature of "common knowledge" into consideration, of course]) are simply an academic "must" if you aim to be taken seriously. That's how I interpret relevant Wikipedia policies, and how I apply them.
That's the point; if Wikipedia is going to become a source of knowledge that is taken seriously, instead of being continually derided, its standards are going to be have to be high, rather than "it's ridiculous that I should have to cite all of my claims". _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l