Forum:Less-knowledgable Contributors

A while ago I made a topic here called "stubborn contributors". There, I learned from wikia staff that I don't have anything more to say about 'my' wiki than the contributors. Whether they've been contributing for 1 month or 1 minute doesn't matter. We're all equal. Taking this in mind, I'm a bit stuck and have a question...

First some small info about my wiki; it's about the historical aspect Three Kingdoms period of China in 184 A.D. to 280 A.D. However, the fictional aspect is much more popular and often used for movies, series and games. Many people only know of the fictional aspect, but, as said before, my wiki is about the historical aspect.

I have a contributor and he simply doesn't know anything about the historical aspect of the Three Kingdoms. He is quite active though and usually creates new articles everyday. Problem is, they're all error-filled. Not just a small error here and there, but really error-filled. Furthermore, in the rules of the Wiki, it is stated that sources must be listed for every article that's written, but he told me he doesn't have any sources! Can't blame him, they're usually quite expensive (latest book I bought was 200 euro's), but that means he can't back-up anything he writes.

Anyway, since I was told everything has to be done through consensus, and me and him are usually the only contributors on the wiki, I don't know what to do about this. I can't forbid him to stop writing historical biographies. I can ask him, and I've done that a couple of times, but he insists on writing historical articles. He just continues, meaning I have to read through all his articles and check them on errors and add sources. This takes a truckload of time and I don't wanna do this anymore. His articles are error-filled and he simply CAN'T write articles that aren't error-filled. I just wanna delete his articles, but this has to b done through consensus with him so he disagrees.

How can I deal with this situation?

Create a policy stating that there must be sources and such and that continued adding of fictional TTK information will result into a ban? p.s. You could scan or type out that book of yours so everyone has a source... Of course only for private use, assuming copyright laws and all. -- Light Daxter |  Talk  14:26, April 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * good idea but it has over 1300 pages :P -- Zantam03 14:32, April 21, 2010 (UTC)