Talk:There's Always a Woman (Desperate Housewives)

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Griever89 in topic Uncited Info

Uncited Info edit

Wikipedia has very clear rules on what you can and can't put on its pages. Information must pass a verifiability test, meaning you must show your sources AND MAKE THEM VERIFIABLE. To put 'this stuff happens - SpoilerTV' or something of the like is not ok. Please read wiki policy on this before adding untracable information.

On top of this, the type of spoiler information posted, thought I have no problem with spoilers in general, is, at present, just speculation, and as such does not belong here. This is a forum for FACTS, not SPECULATION. Even if you have been told these things, or if an untrustworthy website says them, it does not make them true. If a well respected website publishes them, then that is fine in the context of a framing device such as 'it has been reported by the BBC that this and this will happen', though still this does not make the storylines reported absolute facts. Therefore the best thing to do is to sit tight, wait for the episode to air, and then we will see, and indeed report on, what has happened. It is the only way to ensure we are 100% accurate, which is our responsibility here.

In short, STOP posting random information you think might be true because you read it somewhere dodgy but you dont know how wiki works so you think you might justshove the info into a page somewhere and not cite it. That is vandalism. --86.148.225.11 (talk) 11:14, 19 October 2008 (UTC)MJReply

  • That's fair enough what you're saying, good job pointing out wikipedia looks to be verifiable, but then you start talking about truth, wikipedia isn't about that... it's only about facts being citated from good sources. A BBC source is good enough, regardless of whether it actually happens, it can be amended when sources are corrected or new sources emerge. We want to ensure we are 100% verifiable. that is the focus. Griever89 (talk) 03:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)Reply