[WikiEN-l] Citation obsession

[Ray Saintonge]

geni wrote:

>On 5/1/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>And there lies a problem. Too many people tag material they find dubious
>>when just a little research would avoid a lot of mess.
>>Before you tag anything, you should check the refs of the paragraph and the
>>article to see if it's covered already and think for yourself. Is it really
>>that dubious?
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>The problem with this is that not every source is easy to get hold of.
>
Being "easy to get hold of" should not be a significant factor.

>>I could cite the fact the sky is blue, but citing it is nonsense. Anyone who
>>knows what [[blue]] is should be able to make that determination for
>>themselves.
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>Unless they live in the UK then 50:50 at best.
>
It's worse than 50:50 in most of the world when you take into account 
that it's black at night

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