Those are just as reliable as forum posts and blogs. Avoid them if you can help it.
Mgm
On 9/28/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Certainly my date of birth is wrong all over the net because I entered it wrong on a social networking site years ago. Such sources should be treated with EXTREME skepticism on ALL details.
Andrew Gray wrote:
This may be of interest to some people, given our occasional habit of fleshing out articles by raiding the personal sites of subjects:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003211808_fancher20.html
It's a brief report of a discussion at the Seattle Times about the reliability and ethical appropriateness of using (say) the Myspace page of a murder victim in reporting on them. Not much content, but it's good to see people are asking themselves these questions.
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