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Phil Boswell wrote:
"Fastfission" wrote:
The key issue here is not the topic at hand but
whether or not it is
verifiable. The main question here seems to be, "Do blogs count as
sources?"
In certain rare cases they ought to be, but in general they are no better
than citing user pages on Wikipedia. If a blog can cite a source, then we
can find that source and cite it ourselves, I assume.
If the article is not actually about a particular blog, you'd be on rather
shaky ground depending upon it as a "primary source".
What about if the author has blogged about (some current event) that
they witnessed or attended?
(Yes, I know we're talking about political opinions and such, but I hope
you won't throw the baby out with the bathwater...)
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