Usually a good idea to cite your source for a quotation that may be controversial, or
where the source may not be obvious.
(Yes, this is common sense, but common sense is not as common as it is touted to be. (as
we all know, or do we?))
Cheers,
Peter
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From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Renée
Bagslint
Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2017 7:29 PM
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia mocks expert contributor
Robert Fernandez thinks it is "remarkably inappopriate" to put the phrase
"*experts **are scum"* in quotation marks as if it were a quotation from the
Signpost. No. This is a quotation, which perhaps he did not recognise, from a rather
long-standing and well-known essay,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Anti-elitism
which discusses this very issue and is a convenient and common way of summarising the
attitude exhibited in the article.
Does Robert have any views on the topic of this thread?
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