On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Patton 123 pattonabc@gmail.com wrote:

I really think all of these are superflous to each other. Shouldn't they be merged into one policy, called Wikipedia:Verifiability? I mean, look at what we're saying here:

• Wikipedia:Verifiability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vbasically says "content that isn't blatantly obvious should be sourced".

• Wikipedia:Reliable sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RSsays "content should be sourced".

• Wikipedia:Notability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:N says

"if articles can't be sourced they will be deleted".

• Wikipedia:No original

researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_researchsays "we don't allow articles on things that can't be sourced".

What do you guys think?

This was attempted. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution. Now it's an essay. Dig through the talk page and many many subpages if you want to see all the mess this went through last time a merger was proposed.

-Chad

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Patton 123 pattonabc@gmail.com wrote:

I really think all of these are superflous to each other. Shouldn't they be merged into one policy, called Wikipedia:Verifiability? I mean, look at what we're saying here:

• Wikipedia:Verifiability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vbasically says "content that isn't blatantly obvious should be sourced".

• Wikipedia:Reliable sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RSsays "content should be sourced".

• Wikipedia:Notability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:N says

"if articles can't be sourced they will be deleted".

• Wikipedia:No original

researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_researchsays "we don't allow articles on things that can't be sourced".

What do you guys think? _______________________________________________

Verifiability is about what kind of information can be included. Reliable sources is about how to determine what sources of information can be used. Notability is about the threshold for inclusion of articles. No original research is about how you can put information together.

Combining them all into one enormous byzantine policy would only make it harder to understand. Individual points should be separated, if only to allow new editors a chance at understanding things.

Brian