[Foundation-l] Enforcing WP:CITE
Brian
brian0918 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 05:58:41 UTC 2005
In light of the recent USA Today article:
In the same way that we are currently enforcing proper image tags using
a bot, could we do the same with unsourced articles? Start out by
placing {{unsourced}} in all the articles lacking sources, and then, if
it is not sourced in a week, create something like the {{copvio}}
page-replacer to hide the unsourced content (the entire article),
explaining with a detailed message that the article must be thoroughly
sourced.
In my mind, at least, it doesn't seem like there should be any
difference between enforcing sources for images and sources for
articles. If anything we should be enforcing the latter more, since
articles form the basis of the encyclopedia. I know this won't solve
everything, but I think it should be a vital part of Wikipedia; since we
do not know who edits an article, we need to know that it is based on
information that we can verify ourselves.
brian0918
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