On 3/3/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/3/06, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Or editors who remove references they don't like from articles then nominate them for deletion as unverifiable. When bailed up on it, they
say
"but the sources are crap." What can practically be done about this?
Beat them with a very large clue-stick?
References SHOULD NEVER BE REMOVED unless alternative references for the referenced facts are found or the information those references support is removed from the article. To do otherwise is completely against the spirit of our verifiability and sourcing policies and practise.
On the other hand, if the information and reference are garbage, there's no issue with removing both of them, at least to the Talk: page.
Jay.