[WikiEN-l] A new and ugly trend

[The Cunctator]

On 6/29/07, Eugene van der Pijll <eugene at vanderpijll.nl> wrote:
>
> The Cunctator schreef:
> > >  Some groups[*attribution needed <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words>*] oppose these
> measures.
> > >
> > Can we PLEASE make a blanket ban on editorial footnotes in the middle of
> > sentences?
>
> No. It's important that a sentence without a citation is marked
> "citation needed",


I'm not arguing against that. Though it should be STRONGLY prefered that
people find the citation themselves, if they so care.


that a phrase containing weasel words is marked
> "contains weasel words",


Change weasel words. THIS IS A WIKI.



and that a word with a spelling error is marked
> "spelled wrong".




Fix spelling errors. THIS IS A WIKI. Are you seriously advocating that a
spelling error should be marked with a footnote *instead* of being fixed?


How else would the reader know there is something wrong with the text?


Because the reader is not an idiot.