[WikiEN-l] And you thought Pokémon was trivial...

[Jimmy Wales]

Sue Reed wrote:
> They are not sourced and there are a bunch of statements like "The reason often given for its retirement ..."

In my opinion, any such statement should be removed on sight by any
editor, with a firm statement on the talk page that Wikipedia is not the
place for idle speculation or original research.

As we get more and more articles, we are doomed to be hoaxed badly if we
do not insist on sources.



> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com>
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:55:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] And you thought Pokémon was trivial...
> 
> Justin Cormack wrote:
>> The main article includes the memorable part:
>> "Not all episodes of the Cullen run are believed to exist, although many
>> of them do. All episodes of the other versions are believed to exist."
> 
> Is there a source?  My main concern about all this fancruft is that we
> are absolutely going to get burned by a hoaxer if we do not become much
> more serious about banning original research and mercilessly editing
> stuff that has no sources.
> 
> --Jimbo
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