[WikiEN-l] Handling unreferenced but likely-valid material

[Stan Shebs]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 29/11/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Although I think we'd gain more through more agressive approaches, the
>> liberal application of an unref notice would at least give much of
>> wikipedia the work-in-progress look that it deserves.
>>     
>
>
> Every time I hit an article without references, sources or even
> external links listed, I put an unref tag on it.
>   
Yep, and when it's one of my older efforts, written before the days when 
referencing was expected, I then go and dig through my library to figure 
*how* I knew what I knew. In a couple cases I had to delete some bits 
because I simply couldn't come up with any evidence that it wasn't just 
my own imaginings.

Stan