[WikiEN-l] Re: WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 27, Issue 10

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> Tony Sidaway wrote: 
> 
> >On 10/3/05, Michael Turley wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> >>Anyone have any good ideas of how better to encourage people to cite 
> >>sources? 
> >> 
> >> 
> >Make verifiability a key policy, and egregious edit-warring to insert 
> >unsourced statements a blockable offence. 
> > 
> Great idea! 

This would swing the balance too far in favor of the deletionists.  The unsourced statement would have to be unreasonable.  Obvious common knowledge statements should not have to be sourced, and someone edit warring, demanding that every petty statement be sourced is being unreasonable, and should not be rewarded by being allowed to impose a burden upon other editors.
                                -- Silverback