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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> [WikiEN-l] Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information </TITLE> <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:wikien-l%40lists.wikimedia.org?Subject=%5BWikiEN-l%5D%20Zero%20information%20is%20preferred%20to%20misleading%20or%20false%0A%09information&In-Reply-To="> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="046405.html"> <LINK REL="Next" HREF="046450.html"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <H1>[WikiEN-l] Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information</H1> <!--htdig_noindex--> <B>Jimmy Wales</B> <A HREF="mailto:wikien-l%40lists.wikimedia.org?Subject=%5BWikiEN-l%5D%20Zero%20information%20is%20preferred%20to%20misleading%20or%20false%0A%09information&In-Reply-To=" TITLE="[WikiEN-l] Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information">jwales at wikia.com </A><BR> <I>Tue May 16 20:30:15 UTC 2006</I> <P><UL> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="046405.html">[WikiEN-l] Factions vs. Division (was Re: Divisive andInflammatoryBehavior, was CSD T1) </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="046450.html">[WikiEN-l] Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#46440">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#46440">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#46440">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#46440">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <HR> <!--/htdig_noindex--> <!--beginarticle--> <PRE>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 think a fair number of people need to be kicked out of the project just for being lousy writers. (This is not a policy statement, just a statement of attitude and frustration.) -- ####################################################################### # Office: 1-727-231-0101 | Free Culture and Free Knowledge # # <A HREF="http://www.wikipedia.org">http://www.wikipedia.org</A> | Building a free world # ####################################################################### </PRE> <!--endarticle--> <!--htdig_noindex--> <HR> <P><UL> <!--threads--> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="046405.html">[WikiEN-l] Factions vs. Division (was Re: Divisive andInflammatoryBehavior, was CSD T1) </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="046450.html">[WikiEN-l] Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#46440">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#46440">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#46440">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#46440">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <hr> <a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l">More information about the WikiEN-l mailing list</a><br> <!--/htdig_noindex--> </body></html>