Talk:Validation rule

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Uncontroversial material should not be deleted just because it is unsourced. DGG (talk) 17:58, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

“ Articles should only contain material that has been published by reliable sources. Editors adding or restoring material that has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, or quotations, must provide a reliable published source, or the material may be removed. ”

from WP:V -- Addhoc 23:33, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

you ask for inline quotations--to support just what? Exactly what is it that you challenge?

More generally, there is considerable discussion at the V talk page & elsewhere about the justification or lack of it for putting source tags on uncontroversial statements. Personally, I think it diverts energy from challenging and sourcing the controversial ones, and is not a constructive way of improving the encyclopedia. We obviously disagree on this.

A sourced example seems to have been removed, so I've restored it. 20:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)—Preceding unsigned comment added by DGG (talk • contribs)

The {{inline}} clean-up tag is used for situations where references are provided, however there aren't any footnotes. I'm not sure why this is upsetting you. 23:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Merged

Now merged after merge tag added with no objections three weeks ago, now redirects to data validation, no content lost. ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 13:45, 23 November 2017 (UTC)