[WikiEN-l] RE: copyright and NOR policies

[dpbsmith at verizon.net]

>From: Fastfission <fastfission at gmail.com>

>I think a good line of work with NOR is to say that every fact which
>could be reasonably contested should be cited. That is, if I write an
>article the History of X, and I say that on such-and-such a date,
>so-and-so did something, I might from the get-go assume that this is
>common knowledge (at least among specialists). If someone comes to the
>talk page and says, "Hey, I don't know about that," then it is my duty
>to pull out some other source which says it. I think citation is
>allowed to be an evolving thing.

I think this is _exactly_ right. And ought to apply
to other situations involving "common knowledge" among people
reasonably knowledgeable about the topic.