[Foundation-l] Sources and sourceability

[Delirium]

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:

>I want to outline my position here, so that there is no misunderstanding,  as 
>there seems to be. 
> 
>1. I am NOT saying that every fact in Wikipedia must be sourced or  removed. 
>2. I am saying that every fact in Wikipedia should be SOURCEABLE.
>3. I am not saying that everyone must give their sources whenever they  edit.
>4. I am saying that we can encourage people to work on a project to find  
>sources for each fact, just like we have encouraged people to fix commas or  
>categorize stubs.
>5. I am not saying that people who cannot source should be discouraged from  
>editing.
>6. I am saying that we should encourage people to find sources, for their  
>own work and for other's work as well. 
>7. I am saying that there are many different types of sources, and we  should 
>find ways of including them. (BTW, in a previous job I worked extensively  
>with oral histories, which are a wonderful source of information, even if they  
>must always be verified).
>7. Finally, I am saying that high quality is NOT something we can  compromise.
>  
>
That's a very nice bulleted summary of exactly what our policy on 
sources should be, IMO. =]

-Mark