[WikiEN-l] deleting unsourced articles ..... gradually

[Erik Moeller]

On 3/31/07, doc <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I wonder if we could start this by simply saying "Any article that
> remains unsourced after being marked as such for 7 days is deleted". It
> sounds draconian, but we now do it for images, why not articles? No, it
> will not solve all out problems, but it would be a workable step towards
> saying that it may be better to have no article for the moment than a
> crap one.

"No sources" != "crap". I disagree with speedy deletion. However,
making the text of the various "no references" tags a bit more stern
and adding a warning sign might be a good idea. For example, instead
of:

"This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources."

It could say:

"(!) This article lacks citations. This is is an article written by
volunteers, and you should not rely on it unless and until sources are
provided for all key statements.
Please improve this article by adding references and removing
questionable statements."

For obvious crap, we have existing deletion procedures.
-- 
Peace & Love,
Erik

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