[WikiEN-l] The vexed issue of sources

[Thomas Dalton]

> "In the Cardassian legal trials are entirely a formality and only have
> a ceremonial function. The verdict is determined long before the
> actual trial is held. The person prosecuted learns what he or she
> allegedly committed at the trial."
>
> Which is a generalisation based on a single episode.  Is it
> universally true? Do we care?

It could be written better ("In Episode X a Cardissian legal trial is
shown to be entirely a formality..."), but the episode is a valid
source. I don't care if you care or not - how much people care doesn't
appear anywhere in Wikipedia policy that I know of.