[WikiEN-l] "Citation needed" in popular culture

[geni]

2008/10/21 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]?
>
> http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Anatomii-of-a-Hack.aspx
>
>
> - d.


A while. A good first step towards creating one would be to create a section in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_culture


"...stickler editors patrol the site flagging unattributed facts with
the label "citation needed."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/business/media/23link.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

"Now some sourcing enthusiasts have liberated the "[citation needed]"
tag from its cyber origins."

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-174971675.html

(same incerdent)

"One of my favorite quirks about" Wikipedia, Mechtley writes on his
blog, Biphenyl (biphenyl.org/blog), "are the little [citation needed]
tags that users can place in an article, indicating that a dubious..."

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15037358.html

There is also some stuff from the launch of  Veropedia that might be
possible to get in.

Not there yet but perhaps with a bit more digging something could be
put together.

What may be of interest is:

http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Wikipedia%3ACitation_needed

Surprising number of people appear to actually be clicking the link.

-- 
geni