To be blunt, which bit of saying that every bit of info must be supported by a verifiable and reputable source is unclear?
In this instance, the information is clearly unverifiable, so it shouldn't be added.
Jon
Nicholas Moreau beaubeaver@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Africa was brought up in discussion of verifiability. This raises an important question, should/can we be lax references for African content in en?
Suppose a tribes' elder writes an article on his village, he'll do it based on oral history, or one-off documents. This information may be recorded in books, but these books are stashed away in libraries miles upon miles away.
What happens then? It's true information, but there's little or no available sources for the writer to cite.
Nick/Zanimum
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