> On 04.10.2010 20:43, geni wrote: >> The Wikipedia that went from nothing to top ten site was never built >> on verifiable knowledge. It was built on what people happened to have >> in their heads. The whole citation thing outside the more >> controversial areas came later. Don't believe me? This was a featured >> article: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_James_Bulger&oldid=3191413
People were regularly insisting on references when I started editing in November 2004. Here's Raul's FA criteria in April 2004 that shows sources were required. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria&oldid=4077849 The difference was that we didn't have inline citations, so people would add a list of refs at the end of the article, and it was hard to see what supported which point. Sarah _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
