[WikiEN-l] History started in 1995

[Will Beback]

David Gerard wrote:
> (I've been *really annoyed* lately when a fact in an article has a
> reference ... but it's been tagged {{fact}} because it doesn't have an
> *online* reference. Suggestion: searching for all articles with
> "</ref>{{fact" in them and sending 50,000 volts through the chair of
> anyone who tagged a reference on mere paper.
>
>
> - d.
One editor recently wrote on the WP:BLPN that he'd delete any negative 
allegation in a BLP that isn't verifiable with a free online reference, 
arguing that such a practice is the only way of keeping out libelous 
material.
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