[WikiEN-l] insist on sources (first message)

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>I've asked a few times, but I'll do so again, more bluntly: How do you
>intend to encourage this, beyond occasional rants to this mailing
>list? Are we authorised to make big changes to WP:V and claim that
>Jimbo said it was ok? How far are we going with this? Is it just a
>cultural change, or policy change?

>Steve

First mailing here, not sure I have the formatting in accordance with the 
norm, but hopefully it will suffice.

I would like to know the answer to this as well. The amazing ambivalence 
towards uncited information in articles, even those where the lack of 
citation puts the article into significant NPOV violation, is appalling. If 
we could require sources on any significant addition, especially to 
controversial articles, it would solve some of the content and NPOV disputes 
in serious articles. It would also be of benefit in our fandom driven 
articles, as stricter sourcing rules would be enable us to slash out 
speculative "information" without hesitation.

I recently added a note on the Template:Fact page cautioning about its use 
on biography pages, based on a message Jimbo posted here on the 12th, but 
considering the way people ignored the previous caution on using it on info 
that appeared false, I don't expect it to have much of an impact.

--tjstrf

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