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Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Zero information is preferred to misleading or false
From: "Anthony DiPierro" <wikilegal () inbox ! org>
Date: 2006-05-17 11:03:05
Message-ID: 71cd4dd90605170403x7ea65e63vf3ddd6cef01eeb93 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 5/16/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales@wikia.com> wrote:
> I can NOT emphasize this enough.
>
> There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of
> random speculative "I heard it somewhere" pseudo information is to be
> tagged with a "needs a cite" tag. Wrong. It should be removed,
> aggressively, unless it can be sourced. This is true of all
> information, but it is particularly true of negative information about
> living persons.
>
I seriously doubt you've edited enough with sockpuppets to understand
what this is all about. Either that or you've abandoned your previous
notion that edit warring is bad.
I do agree with you about negative information on living people,
especially non-incredibly famous living people. But in general the
best a non-admin can do is point things out and hope someone listens.
Anthony
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