Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check/Archive 1

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There were many ideas in the Wikipedia channel about this topic, I saveed the log and will extract the basis of the ideas here later (and will attribute them as well). --ShaunMacPherson 14:01, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

• It is a good idea to comment about the accuracy of facts - each and every fact. But can we exclude facts on mere suspicion of being inaccurate based on our limited checking of accuracy?

That is an interesting point, a new proceedure may have to be thought out if there is a disagreement about facts or Wikipedia evolves to the point where possibily some material would be taken out because it comes from a less reputable source.

I think though that Wikipedians currently do, and likely will in the future, a good job about weighing the factual statements in the articles. Facts or opinions that are not widely held or mainstream are usually directly attributed to an individual (e.g. Scientist X has stated that Aliens have visited Earth). It would still be factual to indicate that a certain person holds a certain viewpoint or belief - All that will happen is now we can actually track down their viewpoint and factually know that they had indeed said it. --ShaunMacPherson 15:00, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

• This is a very ambitious task needless to say. But it is desirable. What is desirable is some software support for this. If it is possible, we could broaden the scope to question even the neutrality of sentences. --Hemanshu 14:08, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)