[Foundation-l] Enforcing WP:CITE the Soi case

[Ray Saintonge]

I don't see that as what Gerard's saying at all.  We absolutely do need 
to improve the quality and accuracy of information, but not to the point 
that it becomes an obsession.  Failing to provide sources can leave the 
accuracy of an article in doubt, but it does not imply that it is 
necessarily wrong.  We need to develop a culture of accuracy based on 
the positive view that providing references makes an article better, and 
not the negative view that we need it because of the consequences of 
some kind of rule enforcement.

One can look at the wiki as some kind of multilevel mental Mandelbrot 
with different aspects being at different levels of development.  The 
pattern repeats itself on individual articles, in broad areas, in sister 
and other language projects, and in the project as a whole.  If over 
some time period 20% of articles will achieve proper referenced status 
you can't specify two out of any given ten will be happily improved.  At 
the same time new stubs will be born somewhere else.  It's all in the 
Zen of wiki growth.

Ec

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:

>Ridicule? No. I am simply disappointed that you can even make such a  
>statement. It shows me that we have very radically different ideas about what an  
>encyclopedia is. Providing correct information is not something I am willing to  
>compromise. I had hoped that this sentiment was shared by all of Wikipedia's  
>editors and contributors. 
> 
>Danny
> 
>In a message dated 12/3/2005 10:46:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
>gerard.meijssen at gmail.com writes:
>
>Hoi,
>Why, you ridicule what I have said and I give a deserving  answer. You 
>replied to a lengthy reply, I gave plenty of arguments. And  this is all 
>you take out of it? You do not go into the arguments that were  given. 
>>From my perspective in your previous post you had nothing to  say.
>Thanks,
>GerardM
>
>daniwo59 at aol.com  wrote:
>  
>
>>If that is the attitude, then I really have  nothing more to say here. 
>> 
>>Danny
>> 
>> In a message dated 12/3/2005 10:34:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
>> gerard.meijssen at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>Hoi,
>>Yes it is.  Other sources can be wrong as well and as I  mentioned before 
>> you would kill the goose that lays the golden  eggs.
>> Thanks,
>>GerardM
>>
>>
>>daniwo59 at aol.com   wrote:
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>>> Is it too much to  ask that contributions to  Wikipedia be correct? That is   
>>>      
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>>>news to   me.
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