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

MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic at gmail.com
Sun Apr 1 18:46:43 UTC 2007


How is this hurting the man? It doesn't harm him at all.

Mgm


On 4/1/07, Ron Ritzman <ritzman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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