[WikiEN-l] "So fix it." "The next day someone will fix it back."

Ron Ritzman ritzman at gmail.com
Sun Apr 1 18:16:59 UTC 2007


On 4/1/07, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:

> It should be fixed back.
>
> Don't remove information you believe to be true from Wikipedia even
> if it is unsourced. This is a central tenet of sourcing that needs to
> be preserved in order to keep sourcing from becoming a bludgeon to
> gut articles for POV or other churlish reasons.

Following AGF, I would agree with you somewhat on just about
everything, except articles about people who are still converting
oxygen into CO2. Incorrect but plausible sounding information can hurt
people in real life. It needs a source even if it's something you
"just know" is correct.



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