On 5/6/05, David Gerard
<fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
Sean Barrett (sean(a)epoptic.org) [050507 07:27]:
Frankly, an unthinking no-tolerance policy that
material in, frex,
sci.space.moderated is somehow untouchable is a stupid policy, and I for
one will be bold and continue to ignore it.
Indeed. For example, it is *impossible* to tell the story of
[[Scientology]] over the last decade without reference to Usenet. The CoS
has made
groups.google.com unreliable, but the relevant posts put on the
Web are frequently (and properly) used as Wikipedia sources.
David, you're a member of the arbcom, and so the issue of what you
regard as policy concerning references is important. Please show me
where our policy states or implies that Usenet might be properly used
as a Wikipedia source. Or are you agreeing with Sean that policy
ought to be ignored? (I'm not trying to be needlessly confrontational
here, by the way, or trying to put you on the spot; it's just that the
issue of citation of credible sources is an important one for me.)
Sarah
Just for the record, where is the policy stating that Usenet /cannot/ be
used? I'm not being sarcastic; I genuinely don't know.
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