In a message dated 1/6/2009 5:40:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cbeckhorn@fastmail.fm writes:
If by "community" you mean "WP policy" then no such decision has been made. It is perfectly acceptable to write certain articles entirely from primary sources. Indeed, many biographical articles are written entirely from primary sources. But I agree that most articles that can be based mostly off of secondary sources should be based off of secondary sources.>> ----------------------- No, by community I mean that our policy was and is the creation of our policy editors. And then the policy instructs the editors, who then modify it again, and it then instructs again, in a feedback loop. We as a community, set our own policy, after the core nebulous concepts were outlined. I dispute that it is acceptable to write using solely primary sources, or that our policy states that. I also dispute that many of OUR biographical articles are written entirely from primary sources. If they are they should be flagged as problematic.
Will Johnson
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