<<In a message dated 1/6/2009 6:13:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cbeckhorn@fastmail.fm writes:
This is partially because the standards we permit for sources on biographies of living people are incredibly lax. I view this as an unfortunate side effect of the desirable goal of having thorough sourcing. >>
I don't see why you claim on the one hard that the standards are lax, and then you say "Encarta and Encyclopedia Brittanica". You've lost me. Are you claiming that Brittanica is not a reliable source? The standards for sources on BLPs are not lax imho, they are stronger than anything else. Perhaps if you made your point more clearly. I don't see the issue you're trying to draw with the other sources. My point is specifically primary versus secondary, not any other point.
Will Johnson
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