[WikiEN-l] Reliable sources— some of these babies are ugly

[Philip Sandifer]

On May 21, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Ian Woollard wrote:

> On 21/05/2010, Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, but the last guy I saw adding them was...
>> 
>> Umm...
>> 
>> Right, there's the issue.
> 
> What issue? We don't want people removing valid references. In many
> cases references are the most important bits of the whole article.
> 
> Note that sock puppet abuse is covered by policy also, using a sock to
> repeatedly remove references will certainly get you blocked, as this
> individual involved found out.
> 
> I would argue the other way- sticking to English-only references is
> unequivocally harmful for the project.

You're missing my sarcasm.

Yes, we do a good job of punishing removal of non-English references. But we still do an awful job of *adding* non-English references.

-Phil