On 7/11/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
On 7/11/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
For example, a lot of people get knowledge of things from
television,
friends, parents, family, local newspapers, blogs, teachers, etc.,
all
of which are unacceptable or difficult to reference.
Maybe you only learn things from proper sources, but if so, you
would
be the exception.
I know plenty of things that I haven't got from reliable sources. I don't use that knowledge to write Wikipedia articles, though. Writing an article based on personal knowledge violates our policy of only using reliable sources.
That is unreasonable, unenforceable, and not in any way what the policy states.
It's perfectly reasonable and perfectly enforceable. Policy can, and should, change.
Maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you're writing, but how does one discern between a contribution gleaned from non-reliable sources (but with a reference) and a contribution gleaned from that reference?