Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/4/28 doc <doc.wikipe...@ntlworld.com>: >> I disagree that the burden of proof is on the contributing author. The >> burden is on those wishing to delete something to achieve a consensus to >> delete. What level of "evidence" or "proof" will convince a consensus of >> wikipedians is up to the wikipedians participating. I suspect many >> people will be satisfied by different things. > > The burden of proof has to be on the author. The person wishing to > delete it would have to prove a negative, which is borderline > impossible (in this case, anyway). How great the burden is is another > question and, as you say, that depends on who is taking part in the > discussion, but there is no choice about who the burden is on. >
If that is true, the burden would be on those wishing to retain, rather than the "author" (which is a concept best left out of wikipedia). But, as long as a consensus, with good reason, wish to retain, any burden is discharged. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
