[WikiEN-l] original research, sources, and verification

[David Gerard]

Tony Sidaway (minorityreport at bluebottle.com) [050121 21:31]:

> Quality of source is usually (but not always) POV.  We're supposed to be
> writing NPOV articles.
> A caveat such as "warning: the article relies on population projections
> that were proven by events to be grossly in error" is fine and NPOV.  A
> caveat such as "the claims at this site are patently incorrect" is POV and
> superfluous.  Otherwise rely on the general site content disclaimer and
> the reader's commonsense.


Yes. I feel sufficient trepidation at separating external links into pro
and con.


- d.