On 18/10/2007, Will Beback
<will.beback.1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To restate my proposal: "Self-published
sites that are actively
harassing Wikipedia editors should not be considered reliable sources or
suitable external links for articles. "
Does that give us anything beyond what we already have in [[WP:SPS]]?
[[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources (online and paper)]]
(AKA WP:SPS) prohibits most uses of self-published sources. It allows
two exceptions: we may use the self-published material from
previously-published individual who are recognized experts in the field
(a contrversial addition) and we may use self-published sources in
articles about the subjects themselves provided a number of criteria are
met. My proposal would add another limitation to the existing exceptions.
W.