Thank you, Majoreditor.
As for Eschoir's sandbox, I see no reason to think a private discussion would be more productive than a discussion in a public forum where we know others are observing our attitudes and words and may kindly intervene and help, as I hope they will.
I am not arguing about a footnote.  I am saying that a statement in the body of the article that questionably attributes something to a source should be followed, in the body of the article, by the actual text of the source.  Any reason why it should not?