Ah, the irony. This entire episode has produced articles like this: http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/01/08/wikipedia-muds-and-where-the-sources-are/ Lots of information there for Wikipedia.
2009/1/10 Durova <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com> > Two centuries ago, Jane Austen was popular culture for teenage girls. > Four centuries ago, Shakespeare was popular culture. > > A lot of scholars today would be happier if their contemporaries had kept > better records about either of their lives. When Austen's nephew finally > wrote up his recollections, it was with regrets that nobody who knew more > was still alive. > > -Durova > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Ken Arromdee <arrom...@rahul.net> wrote: > > > On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, toddmallen wrote: > > > 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. > > > > We're not going to start deleting our article about the Simpsons. > > > > But we both know very well that sources about the Simpsons aren't going > to > > be fact-checked. Sources about any sort of popular culture topic > generally > > aren't fact-checked. If you publish a book about the Simpsons, the > > publisher > > won't go through and verify that your statement about the first > appearance > > of Krusty the Clown is correct. There may be an occasional professional > > journal with a Simpsons article that is fact-checked, but most of our > > information in Simpsons articles won't be from sources like that. > > > > The idea that using a non-self-published source means it's fact-checked > > just > > isn't *true*, unless you're talking about some kind of technical or > > scientific > > topic, which this isn't. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > -- > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
