[WikiEN-l] I'm disappointed in Wikipedia.

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:52:39 +0800, "John Lee" <johnleemk at gmail.com>
wrote:

>As I anticipated, the only reason the article was deleted was a lack of
>sources. That's perfectly fine.
>
>What's not perfectly fine is how lazy people are when it comes to looking
>for sources. I often see quotations tagged with {{fact}} that have sources
>readily available on Google 

There is nothing that says anyone is compelled to go and look for
sources if the original author can't be bothered to do it themselves.
Tagging with {{fact}} or {{unreferenced}} is reasonable, the person
tagging may be completely unfamiliar with the subject and the authors
of the article will be in a much better position to provide not just
any old reference but a good, authoritative one.

Some editors - Uncle G springs to mind - specialise in rescuing crap
articles on good subjects.  Some specialise in identifying the crap
articles.  Some specialise in Wikignoming.  There is room for all
sorts.

Guy (JzG)
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