Charlotte Webb wrote:
On 1/21/08, gwern0@gmail.com gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
We stop noting it and go find a more sensible metric.
Such as "sources?", perhaps. Thank you, Jesus.
You really can't expect the supporters of POV by deletion to go for that! Notability has been such a convenient tool for them that they won't abandon it easily. I even find the word "reliable" to fit right in there with the taxonomy of weasels.
If a particular source is goofy, it will do an excellent job of establishing that credential itself without the intervention of thunderbolts from Wikipedia heaven. When an incredible source is incapable of climbing onto the altar by its own efforts we can only invoke sympathy when we pick it up to put on the altar for the sole purpose of a blood sacrifice.
If the Journal of Ufology reports beige aliens near El Paso we can be sure that they mean something quite different from an immigration report about camouflage techniques.
Ec