On 25/03/2008, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 25/03/2008, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
To me, having a reference that doesn't support the information written
in
the article is more harmful to the project than having an unreferenced statement, and I'll remove such references without hesitation.
This case is also not what the original question was about.
Amazing how conversations evolve, isn't it? Matthew Brown had earlier said:
"Absolutely not, under any circumstances. Never remove a reference unless you either (a) remove the information referenced (placing it on the talk page unless it is libellous), or (b) add another reference to a better source that completely covers everything the previous reference did."
I am simply pointing out that there are good reasons for removing some references, but there are other options than moving the information onto the talk page.
(Sorry that I don't have the functionality to quote two separate posts in my reply; Matthew's response was March 23rd).
Risker