[WikiEN-l] History of "Verifiability, not truth"

[Carl Beckhorn]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 06:18:16PM -0500, SlimVirgin wrote:
> But we have no idea most of the time whether what our sources say is
> accurate. All we can do is try to make sure we use good sources; use
> in-line attribution wherever appropriate; and make sure our readers
> can trace our line of reasoning so they can judge it for themselves.

Proposal: An editor who has no idea whether what a source says is 
accurate really shouldn't be editing that article using that source.

 - Carl