On 2 October 2010 22:44, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is how to avoid making rules against stupidity. Because > you can't actually outlaw stupid. Experts already complain about > uncitability. I suppose we could advise experts on how to use citation > as a debating tactic.
"Experts complain about uncitability" - they complain that common knowledge in the field doesn't actually make it into journal articles or textbooks, but is stuff that everyone knows. I suspect they've been caught by surprise by a popular and important work (and Wikipedia is important) suddenly demanding a standard of citability they weren't ready for, and they feel put out and undervalued by this. So no, requiring more and better citations won't fix a lot of the expert problem. Perhaps we could solve this facet of it by suggesting review articles specifically written for the purpose of citation in Wikipedia. People already write stuff specifically so it can be cited as their view of things in the article on them personally. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
