[WikiEN-l] The new verifiability policy

[slimvirgin at gmail.com]

On 2/28/06, charles matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Slim Virgin wrote
>
> > WP:V is supported by WP:NOR, a longstanding, established policy. The
> > only way to show you're not doing OR is to produce a reliable source.
> > If you can't produce one, your edit may be removed, because OR is
> > never allowed.
>
> Yes, but this doesn't override some other things, like trying to get
> consensus.

The editors on a page are not allowed to reach a consensus to include
original research, just as they're not allowed to decide to ditch
NPOV. NOR and NPOV do override consensus.
>
> It is like it has been said: the slope of allowing the most fiercely
> contested articles set the policy is extremely slippery.  Cutting before
> querying on Talk 'and do you have a source for that?' is still bad practice
> (still cuts across 'assume good faith', for example).
>
But where is this happening? Please come up with examples if you feel
it's a cause for concern.

Sarah