G'day Jossi,
A Wikiproject to "eliminate unreferenced articles"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Unreferenced_articles
This seems a bit excessive.
Thoughts?
There are three ways to deal with the problem of unreferenced articles:
1) Find references 2) Delete 3) Adopt an eventualist approach
The order of approach should be '1', then '3', then '2'.
If we come across an unreferenced article and we want it fixed, damn it, then the Right Thing to do, firstly, is to go looking to see if we can find reliable sources that verify what the article says. If we find reliable sources, then we add them to the article, and remove anything that contradicts those sources.
If we don't find reliable sources, say: Does this article need reliable sources RIGHT NOW? (e.g. BLP) If so, move on to delete. If not: Is this article ever likely to get reliable sources? (Systemic bias vs notability) If not, move on to delete. Otherwise, adopt an eventualist approach, i.e. we have bigger problems to fix.
Finally, "delete" should be fairly clear, although I note there's quite a few people on AfD who don't know what they're doing. Sigh.
Cheers,