[WikiEN-l] Kris Straub PWNZed Wikipedia

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Fri Feb 16 23:34:06 UTC 2007


Bogdan Giusca wrote:

>Friday, February 16, 2007, 3:48:59 AM, Jeff wrote:
>  
>
>>>I think it proves that certain factions or editors are becoming too
>>>deletionist.
>>>      
>>>
>>The sooner we start making RS subject-specific the better.  This 
>>nonsense has got to stop.
>>    
>>
>Exactly. Reliable sources suck! For web content, we should have less
>strict standards and allow regular blogs and forum/usenet posts as
>sources!
>
>PS: I can't wait for the policy to change, in order to start writing
>a few articles about me and my blog, referencing them from the blogs
>of my friends and family.
>
I wasn't sure whether you intended to put a smiley on that last part.  :-\

I very much agree with subject-specific reviews, but would proceed with 
extreme caution when it comes to accepting blogs as reference.

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