[Foundation-l] Enforcing WP:CITE

[Fred Bauder]

The problem is that the bulk of our content has no explicit source.  
It may be correct and unchallenged, but no source is listed.  
Additionally, a slightly more sophisticated level of vandalism would  
simply list a spurious source. Beyond that lies referencing a source  
which is known to be in error.

Fred

On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Brian wrote:

> 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.
>
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