The Cunctator wrote:
On 12/12/05, JAY JG jayjg@hotmail.com wrote:
I've run into editors who have been editing for years (much longer than me), but haven't felt the need to abide by various newfangled rules like Cite your sources, Verifiability and Neutral Point of View, which have often been completely ignored, especially in the early days.
NPOV has never been completely ignored, not even close. Even in the early days. Though I still can't stand the Sanger/Wales definition of the concept or the promulgation of its usage.
And verifiability has pretty much always been a major bugbear. The only rule which is significantly new is Cite Your Sources, and until the software does a better job of making it dramatically easier for users to do so, it will continue to be a problem.
Non-empty edit summaries should be mandatory except for edits marked as minor.
That sounds like an encouragement to mark everything minor, or at least to have a stock of boilerplate to stick in.
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