[WikiEN-l] [[WP:V]] and [[WP:RS]] are destroying Wikipedia

[David Gerard]

On 17/09/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/17/06, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Every other policy we have on Wikipedia explicitly gives editors a
> > wide berth to interpret it on a case-by-case basis. This is, for
> > instance, the whole reason [[WP:NPOV]] works. But increasingly,
> > [[WP:V]] and [[WP:RS]] are written to be applied by machine. We need
> > to return to trusting that editors will be able to work out what a
> > reliable source is on a topic by topic basis, given a set of general
> > guidelines on the matter. I have in the past recommended basing these
> > guidelines on _The Craft of Research_, a book published by UChicago
> > Press. This has long been one of the standard academic research
> > manuals. It's flexible, sensible, and respected - exactly what we
> > want and need.

> You want book length policy pages? No thankyou.


We have book-length policy pages. At least we could have one that's
good and usable.


- d.