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:::::::How are elitism, moral relativism, and PC related to adding sources? Please clarify. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:42, 13 July 2017 (EDT)
:::::::How are elitism, moral relativism, and PC related to adding sources? Please clarify. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:42, 13 July 2017 (EDT)
::::::::In Wikipedia, people put obnoxious tags such as the infamous "citation needed" tag, and this can be done for ideological reasons, such as censoring conservative viewpoints. All I'm saying is that we shouldn't need citations for common knowledge, for instance, or things that can be found in a ten second Google search before you even click on a site. I'm going to add citations where I think they are necessary, and if there are any specific places that you think one should be added, I will do my best to comply with that request, like I did with the entry on Oakland County. Thank you for understanding this matter. --[[User:RonaldB|Ronald]] ([[User talk:RonaldB|talk]]) 14:00, 13 July 2017 (EDT)
::::::::In Wikipedia, people put obnoxious tags such as the infamous "citation needed" tag, and this can be done for ideological reasons, such as censoring conservative viewpoints. All I'm saying is that we shouldn't need citations for common knowledge, for instance, or things that can be found in a ten second Google search before you even click on a site. I'm going to add citations where I think they are necessary, and if there are any specific places that you think one should be added, I will do my best to comply with that request, like I did with the entry on Oakland County. Thank you for understanding this matter. --[[User:RonaldB|Ronald]] ([[User talk:RonaldB|talk]]) 14:00, 13 July 2017 (EDT)
:::::::::OK, but I still want to make clear that you're describing one problematic extreme. The other is having thousands of articles with zero sources, which is not good policy either. Adding citations for common knowledge is not a wise policy, but everything that is not common knowledge must be sourced, or at least have an external link section. Personally, I think a bigger problem at Wikipedia is the censoring of conservative sources (like Breitbart or the WT) while letting blatantly left-wing sources stay. I think much of the problem on Wikipedia of having too few sources is legitimate. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 16:07, 13 July 2017 (EDT)
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