[WikiEN-l] Sourcing "popular culture" items

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Daniel P.B.Smith wrote

>On the one hand, I believe it is  
> _quite possible_ to write good, well-sourced, encyclopedic articles  
> on popular culture. 

True.

>On the other hand, I believe that such articles  
> should be held to exactly the same standards as any other Wikipedia  
> article, including deletion of material that cannot be sourced after  
> sources have been requested and the requests have been outstanding  
> for a reasonable length of time.

Low priority, for me, except in cases of defamation. But it also depends on other things. [[Bob Dylan]] should have everything nailed down with sources. The latest boy band - not so clear.

Deletion of material as unsourced is not anyway my kind of thing. 'Old school' Wikipedians probably want to make a serious effort to source dangling facts, before cutting them out. Or at least replace them with something that checks out. 

Charles


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