[Foundation-l] Minimum standards for verifiability

[James Hare]

As far as I know, verifiability is one of the most important things. No poll
should be allowed to abolish it. Ideally, all unverifiable garbage should be
removed from articles, but it should be kept in mind that sources -may be-
available.

On 9/15/06, Christoph Seydl <Christoph.Seydl at students.jku.at> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> there is a discussion on verifiability in the German-speaking Wikipedia.
> There are discussions how freely the German Wikipedia may design its
> policy on verifiability.
>
> * Are there any rules (minimum requirements) how verifiability should be
> designed in different Wikipedias?
> * Must there be a source for every included material (e.g. a basket is a
> cylindric vessel)?
> * Is it enough that only disputed material must be sourced?
> * May a poll abolish the requirement of verifiability?
>
> I hope, you can help
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