On 3/4/06, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Just so you know, I'm an editor that thinks taht
weblogs and web
forums are acceptable sources.
I think providing a source is a lot more important than trying to
ensure its reliability--let the reader provide their own determination
of the weight to give to the source.
I trust readers more than I trust journalists, frankly.
That's an excellent point. Since we're providing the source, and since
weblogs are typically easily accessible, doesn't a rule against
weblogs fly in the face of "Wikipedia does not strive for truth, but
verifiability"? Sure, if you had even better sources, you might not
want to clog your article up with stuff drawn from weblogs...but if
you're directly quoting from a blog, where's the problem?
Steve