Ladies and gents,
I've not come across this in the past, so am unaware how best to deal with it, so any thoughts, comments and/or advice is gratefully appreciated!
There's a bit of an edit war developing in [[Stockport County F.C.]] as one or more individuals (anon, natch!) have made several attempts to introduce a "fact" that s/he/they believe to be true (and they actually have a reference for - albeit merely an assertion that is not backed up) - namely that the said football club's recent 7-2 home defeat was the first time the club had conceded seven goals in a home game.
I know this to be untrue because I have a counter-example.
I have now expanded the "Club Records" section to include the counter-example, and added a hopefully appropriate reference and commented on the talk page, but what should I do if the false statement is added again? I'm conscious of the existence of [[WP:3RR]]...
J.
On 4/6/07, James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
I have now expanded the "Club Records" section to include the counter-example, and added a hopefully appropriate reference and commented on the talk page, but what should I do if the false statement is added again? I'm conscious of the existence of [[WP:3RR]]...
Best way is to make other editors aware of the issue, as you have done here.
Article RFCs are also a way of doing that.
-Matt
You already did the right thing. You provided a counter example to show it was untrue. That's the best thing to do with such hard to prove statements.
Mgm
On 4/7/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/6/07, James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
I have now expanded the "Club Records" section to include the counter-example, and added a hopefully appropriate reference and commented on the talk page, but what should I do if the false statement is added again? I'm conscious of the existence of [[WP:3RR]]...
Best way is to make other editors aware of the issue, as you have done here.
Article RFCs are also a way of doing that.
-Matt
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And if you wish to get input from other Wikipedians interrested in [[football (soccer)]], posting a message to the talk page of [[WP:FOOTBALL]] usually helps a lot.
/Elisson
James Farrar wrote:
Ladies and gents,
I've not come across this in the past, so am unaware how best to deal with it, so any thoughts, comments and/or advice is gratefully appreciated!
There's a bit of an edit war developing in [[Stockport County F.C.]] as one or more individuals (anon, natch!) have made several attempts to introduce a "fact" that s/he/they believe to be true (and they actually have a reference for - albeit merely an assertion that is not backed up) - namely that the said football club's recent 7-2 home defeat was the first time the club had conceded seven goals in a home game.
I know this to be untrue because I have a counter-example.
I have now expanded the "Club Records" section to include the counter-example, and added a hopefully appropriate reference and commented on the talk page, but what should I do if the false statement is added again? I'm conscious of the existence of [[WP:3RR]]...
J.
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