[Foundation-l] Enforcing WP:CITE - reacting and overreacting

[Chris Jenkinson]

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:
> I didnt want to get into this debate, but this kind of reaction worries me  
> no less than the problematic article itself. 
>  
> Yes, the article was problematic, but it was one in 850,000. Yes, there may  
> be other problematic articles out there (in fact, I am convinced that there  
> are), but their number is miniscule as compared to most articles. 
>  
> The problem article, and the ensuing press coverage, should be an  eye-opener 
> to everyone. Rather than just worry about quantity (the number of  articles, 
> or the number of edits), we should be worrying to the same degree, if  not 
> more, about quality (how comprehensive, how accurate). Of course, this is  much 
> more difficult to measure, but that is what will ensure that Wikipedia is a  
> high quality reference work. Deleting material because it is not yet sourced  
> will not ensure that. 
>  
> Let's take advantage of this challenge to really improve our quality. Let's  
> not use it to take apart the efforts of many thousands of well-intentioned  
> volunteers who added what they knew. If we do that, the vandals have won.

I wasn't talking about the article in question, I was talking in general 
about the kinds of pages on my watchlist where this happens (which are 
mainly politics/philosophy-related). Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Chris