[WikiEN-l] Nuke [[WP:CITE]] and [[WP:RS]]

[George Herbert]

On 1/25/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you want to fundamentally change the whole concept and policies of
> > the project, why not just start a fork?  Isn't that what Citizendium,
> > Wikinfo, Digital Universe, and so on are trying to do?
>
> He isn't trying to change the policies. WP:CITE and WP:RS are current
> policies - it's the people that want to relax those policies that are
> trying the change policies. Perhaps they should fork?

There is a world of difference between "Citing things is good" and
"Good articles should have citations and references" on the one hand,
and "Citing things is mandatory" and "Articles without citations and
references will be deleted" on the other.

Making an emphasis on it as a best practice is fine.


-- 
-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com