Actually, Todd, self-published sources by experts are reliable. Last time I checked. I remember one RSN thread where somebody tried to argue the editor-in-chief of the *Village Voice* could not be cited when he commented about journalism at his own blog (because there was nobody above him in the organization to edit his blog, I suppose).
-Durova On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:52 AM, toddmallen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Philip Sandifer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Jan 10, 2009, at 2:47 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> When challenged, a contributor, must not only *state* that person A > >> is a > >> previously published expert in this area, but *show* that that is > >> the case. > >> > >> The burden of proof that someone is a previously published (by a third > >> party) author/expert is on the contributor, not the deleter. > >> > >> So. Is there evidence on the table here? > > > > For the expertise of Richard Bartle? > > > > I'm sorry. Let me try again. > > > > For the expertise of [[Richard Bartle]]? > > > > -Phil > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > There is no question as to his expertise. The question is "Was his > expertise important enough that someone who's -not him- fact checked > and published what he had to say on this matter?" The answer appears > to be "no". Self-published sources, even by experts, are not > particularly reliable, nor do they in any way establish notability. > > -- > Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all else follows. > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- http://durova.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
