[WikiEN-l] Dealing with disappearing online sources

[Charlotte Webb]

On 10/17/08, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipedia at zog.org> wrote:
> In these particular instances the links were replaced by {{fact}}, which
> is--to my mind--the worst of all options: it makes it look as if there never
> were proper sources for the statement, or actually worse: the "citation
> needed" make it look as if the statements are somehow controversial. Not to
> mention that they now run the risk of being deleted.

Well, creating backlogs is more fun than dealing with them.

I'd compare this to editors who replace all cited "off-line" sources
(those without a url) by {{fact}}. I'm not sure whether this is
stupidity or part of a larger deletionist black op.

—C.W.