[WikiEN-l] 17,268 badly referenced living biographies

[James Farrar]

On 11/05/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I {{fact}}-tagged a statement which I believed to be true but for
> > which I couldn't find a citation - in a BLP, as it happens - and found
> > it reverted with the edit summary "(x) not being related to (y) does
> > not need a citation!"!!! I despair...
>
> Put it back. I think the standard guideline is that only statements
> which nobody would question can be uncited ("the sky is blue" being
> the standard, although not very good, example) - and quite a few
> people would like citations for those anyway. The fact that you've
> added a {{fact}} tag shows that it is questioned, so does need a
> citation. {{fact}} tags should only be removed if you are removing the
> statement, adding a citation or if there is already a citation given.

I did, and someone eventually, managed to find a citation, but still...