[WikiEN-l] Temporal tags and outdating

[Carcharoth]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:58 AM, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
> geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Because at best you have a source that something is expected to happen
>> at a future date. you do not have a source saying it actually has
>> happened and thus a tense change leads to misrepresenting the source.
>
> Well put. So your concern is that outdated phrases and claims be
> properly corroborated with their respective outdated sources? Would
> you suggest that an automagic solution for both problems is
> impossible?

The usual solution is to use templates to flag up outdated material
for editors to review and check things did happen, and to issue the
needed corrections and updates.

Carcharoth