[Foundation-l] Wikipedia ... but where are you going ... (was:Enforcing WP:CITE ...)

[Ray Saintonge]

Daniel Mayer wrote:

>--- Sabine Cretella <sabine_cretella at yahoo.it> wrote:
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>>requiring it from anyone will have very negative results ... and this 
>>will mean that many of the people I was just getting on becoming 
>>interested in giving their expertise to Wikipedia will not be there ... 
>>months of work for nothing ... 
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>Again ; language versions at different stages of development need to follow different policies on
>this type of thing. The great majority of wikis will be better served by encouraging growth more
>than quality, but the ones that are already huge can afford to be a bit more picky. Once the other
>wikis get huge, then they could start to be more picky as well.
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I believe that sourcing should be the norm al all projects, but with 
each in its own time and way.

Mav's comments on this topic leave the impression that references do not 
matter for many of the rest of us.  To the contrary, the one constant 
that has tied the people in this thread together is that they believe 
that references and citations are a good thing, and are trying to find a 
solution that will accomplish this.  For some of us it is equally 
important that we not forget our roots, and that we not allow a blind 
obsession with references to obscure the positive features of the 
project..  Let's not be too quick to punish people for failing to add 
citations.

Ec