Hoi,
A follow up thought. When our community finds suspect sources wanting and
refuse it as a source for references, we devalue the investments made by
moguls and maga. There are valid USAmerican sources and they need as much
as we do, a public. A public that is not lied to because its sources are
not suspect.
Thanks again,
GerardM
On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 19:53, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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 <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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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