[WikiEN-l] Trivia and popular culture sections

[John Lee]

The Cunctator wrote:

>On 2/26/06, Daniel P. B. Smith <wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com> wrote:
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>>>From: "Steve Bennett" <stevage at gmail.com>
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>>>On 2/24/06, John Lee <johnleemk at gawab.com> wrote:
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>>>>Without sources it is [[wikipedia:original research]] and
>>>>inadmissible.
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>>>That's an extreme interpretation of that rule. We should shy aware
>>>from removing information simply because it is unsourced. We should
>>>only remove it if it is unsourced *and* we find it suspect.
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>>>Steve
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>>In short, you do not agree with the verifiability policy, http://
>>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:V
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>I disagree with it strongly. The policy as stated goes way against the
>stronger policy of Assume Good Faith.
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WP:NOT a feel-good social experiment. It's a project to build an 
encyclopedia. It's very possible to both AGF and remove the information, 
anyhow. Or shall we just AGF and remove all sources because it might 
reflect badly on the credibility of our editors?

John