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

[David Gerard]

On 17/09/06, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hear! Hear!
> Phil Sandifer's original post on this is well-argued, though I don't particularly wish to follow him onto the ground of webcomics.
> Common sense needs to apply, sooner rather than later. It indicates things like, oh, in religion and politics you are not going to have people 100% agreed onw what a reliable source is (do you believe the Bible or the BBC, sort of thing). Almost any source can be _fallible_ anyway. So we err generally in the direction of including sources, assuming a critical reader.
> Common sense also says that policies that are written in very black-and-white terms do not necessarily trump others, which are apparently wishy-washy and aspirational and don't help you win your edit war on content.


Could the ArbCom please apply cluebats on this subject at the next
opportunity? Thank you!


- d.