Hoi,
It is not about sources being American. It is about the question if they
cover the news. When their source is the US government, it is no longer
acceptable to recognise its information as valid or consider it as one side
in a story.. The result produced is often baloney, particularly when their
proprietor has imprinted its staff to produce output that reflects the
business interests outside of the publication.
Given that resources from for instance Africa are frowned upon, the
imbalance is glaring. Given that even the notion of considering the quality
from suspect sources is not taken seriously; it is met by bureaucracy, the
question will become to what extent Wikipedia is based on reliable sources.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 15:17, Andy Mabbett via Wikimedia-l <
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> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 08:58, Gerard Meijssen via Wikimedia-l
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In the past several British papers were no longer considered credible
> sources. Given the dominiation of USAmerican publications by a USAmerican
> government that is known for distorting the truth about everything, it is
> relevant to consider the extent we trust American sources.
>
> We won't deprecate American sources simply because they are American,
> in the same way that we do not deprecate British sources simply
> because they are British.
>
> We already deprecate individual American sources where they are shown
> to be unreliable, for example:
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_261#RfC:_National_Enquirer
>
> You—or anyone else—are welcome to raise a similar RfC if you find an
> American—or any—source which is unsuitable.
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