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Posted: Jan 6th 2009 6:08PM (Unverified) said

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This is the primary problem with Wikipedia, especially moving further into the age of Internet.

Not everything can be or really even NEEDS to be sourced. Need a source for the information? Launch the game! It's as simple as that, really.

Wikipedia runs into this with many of their articles that reference video games. I'm not sure how much more of a source is needed than the game itself.

And when it comes to controversy, many video game controversies are sparked in forums, which are often not very reliable over time as they are usually fan driven and those that aren't see threads get archived after a period of time.

It's a failure on Wikipedia's end that I don't see the organization correcting any time soon.
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Posted: Jan 6th 2009 7:17PM (Unverified) said

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If you want to produce an online encyclopedia of information which can't be sourced to a reliable source independent of the subject, then feel free to start such a project.

That's not what Wikipedia is, though.

What you want is probably better suited for a specialist wiki - there are hundreds of them on www.wikia.com - than a general-purpose encyclopedia, especially one with the standards Wikipedia attempts to enforce.
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Posted: Jan 6th 2009 7:49PM (Unverified) said

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@ The Claw

I do agree with your comment about specialist wikis, it's my opinion that a "milestone" entry should be herald with a little bit of leniency.
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