Thread:BEJT/@comment-25999669-20190810121805/@comment-26838855-20190810123645

Since the system over dates changed, where every date has to be only written to the level of certainty, I have been told that citations should be provided for the dates to explain their source, which made sense considering, for example, the citations for dates of birth, and the wiki policy of citations.

I agree it doesn't really clear things up. Some other uses started putting actual explanations, but were told to instead put citations purely for films/episodes/articles, as that's the way the citation policy works. So I prepare the most efficient usage of films/episodes/articles to provide the minimum required puzzle pieces to reference the date sufficiently, so that if a user really wanted to find out, they can find enough pieces in those references to work out where it's coming from.

I also agree the timeline pages are there for that information, but a while ago it was made clear that the timeline pages should not be a resource for factual information on the main articles. I'm fine with there being no citations on certain dates (still feel things like the Ancient One being 700 do need a source provided, especially since users have often in the past removed dates saying no citation is provided, but that was only since the citation was removed), I've just been trying to fix the policy.

Also, by the way, this isn't a recent thing. My cleaning up of the date sections recently has been more focused on consistency and removing fanon for the betterment of the articles. I noticed massive inconsistency with dates sections regarding the same season or film, with some people putting exact dates, some months, some seasons, some the part of the year, etc.. What I've been doing is, knowing the level of certainty of the dates, I've been putting the correct degree of accuracy and apply it uniform across the board, including making sure to remove fanon that's too accurate. The references were just part of that, making sure they were also consistent and well-done.