[WikiEN-l] Policy across different languages

[ScottL]

Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
> I think Jimbo needs to step in and talk to some bigwigs at
> ru.wikipedia.org and sort this out. Maybe even wave his magic wand if
> need be (after all, he more than anyone else has been arguing for this
> for a long time). We cannot have an encyclopedia without a
> verifiability policy, it's just not possible in the long run.
> 
> --Oskar


   I don't think the ones opposed are arguing that they want an 
encyclopedia without verifiability.  Its more that they are arguing that 
the other policies (No OR, NPOV etc) can be used to derive verifiability 
without adding more rules, and giving people ammunition to wikilawyer.

   I suspect that this may be (in part) a (not unreasonable) reaction to 
the extremes that some people have gone on en.wiki.  Have a look back at 
the threads on here about the topic.  I think one of them was with the 
subject "The sky is blue {{citation needed}}" (with at least one witty 
post on the thread pointing out that the sky was in fact not blue).

SKL