On 7/11/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
On 7/11/07,
Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)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?