On May 21, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Ian Woollard wrote: > On 21/05/2010, Philip Sandifer <snowspin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yeah, but the last guy I saw adding them was... >> >> Umm... >> >> Right, there's the issue. > > What issue? We don't want people removing valid references. In many > cases references are the most important bits of the whole article. > > Note that sock puppet abuse is covered by policy also, using a sock to > repeatedly remove references will certainly get you blocked, as this > individual involved found out. > > I would argue the other way- sticking to English-only references is > unequivocally harmful for the project.
You're missing my sarcasm. Yes, we do a good job of punishing removal of non-English references. But we still do an awful job of *adding* non-English references. -Phil _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l